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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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945 jaisī [fr S. jyotiṣa] var. jaisi; n. 1) astrologer; 2) Brahman accorded lower status than upādhyāya, said to be the offspring of an upādhyāya Brahmin, and a married woman, widow or girl of a Brahmin or Jaisī caste without formal alliance. There were several categories of jaisī according to the caste of the woman, the father in all cases being an Upadhyaya man (cf. Regmi 2002: 300; Regmi 1972: 227). 3) a Newar caste (cf. Regmi 1978: 859). t.t.
1951 jaisīkoṭhā n. an office usually considered to be a branch of the office treating with foreign affairs (Munsīkhānā) dealing with the foreign correspondencies to Tibet (see e.g. Kumar 1967: 166; Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v.). Adhikari, however, argues that the terms Munsīkhānā and Jaisīkoṭhā were used simultaneously to denote the same office (Adhikari 1984: 83-84). He assumes that the former refered to a location within Basantapur Palace while the latter denoted the office operated from there. That the Jaisīkoṭhā did not exclusively handle paper work related to the north is also evinced in a book of copies of 303 lālamoharas documented from K_0028_0032 (front cover and index) up to K_0031_0014B. These royal orders concern affairs of different guṭhīs both within the Kathmandu Valley and outside. t.t.
2698 jajamāna [fr. S. yajamāna] n. ritual patron. t.t.
2699 jajamānī n. priesthood; earning one's livelihood from performing rituals of patrons (jajamāna) receiving ritual fees (dakṣiṇā) and gifts (dāna) in return. t.t.
2889 jalaharī [fr. S. jaladhāra] var. jalahari; n. a waterpot with a small hole in the bottom, which is placed above a śivaliṅga so that the water drips on the deity. t.t.
2724 jalakara n. tax on fishing rights or resources derived from water (Michael 2012: 131); "tax collected from members of the mājhī community in the form of cash or black gram“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 7): 173). t.t.
2728 jāmā [fr. A.] n. coat or gown worn by men in South Asia since the Mughal period. t.t.
1816 jamadāra / jamādāra var. jmādāra, jaṃdāra; n. a low ranking commissioned officer in the army (cf. Adhikari 1984: 350; Kumar 1967: 166; M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; Stiller 1981: 380) who could be also assigned to civil offices (Edwards 1975: 108), below the subedāra and above havaladāra (Whelpton 1991: 283). According to Edwards 1975: 108: “In the Kausi two jamadars supervised the work of harkaras, or menials, who carried in supplies and were sent on errands as messengers.“ t.t.
2758 jambudvīpa [S.] n. "island of the rose-apple", central of seven concentric circular continents in the Puranic cosmography on which this world is located, subdivided into seven territories called varṣas (González-Reimann 2020). t.t.
2963 jammābandī var. jmābaṃdī; n. Tax assessment record or register. t.t.
2233 janai n. sacred thread worn by the twice-born, over the left shoulder and hanging down under the right. t.t.
2208 jaṅgama var. jaṃgama; n. 1) wandering ascetic; 2) ascetic of the Vīraśaiva tradition. t.t.
2545 jaṅgī [fr. Pers.] var. jaṃgi; adj. military (as opposed to nijāmatī, civil). t.t.
2544 Jaṅgī Aḍḍā [jaṅgī + aḍḍā] n. army headquarters. According to Kumar this department—created by Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Kũvara Rāṇā after his return from England—"made recruitments, took roll call, issued parole orders, assigned troops for particular purposes, and sent guards and bodyguards for the officers" (Kumar 1967: 101f.). It was under the control of the senior commanding-general of the Western front (paścima tarphakā kamyāṃḍāra janarala) or jaṅgī lāṭha. Its executive head was usually a subbā (ibid.). t.t.
2691 jaṅgī koṭavālī var. jaṅgī kotavālī; n. a military station. t.t.
2536 jaṅgī lāṭha n. inofficial title of the senior commanding-general of the western front (paścima tarphakā kamyāṃḍāra janarala), who was in direct command of the army and in charge of the Jaṅgī Aḍḍā (cf. Kumar 1967: 99, 166; Whelpton 2005: 262). t.t.
2428 jaṅgī megajīna n. military arsenal where weapons and armory were kept or made. t.t.
2985 janmāṣṭamī var. jaṃmmāṣṭamī; n. the 8th lunar day of the dark fortnight of Bhādra, birthday of Kṛṣṇa. t.t.
2614 japhatī n. confiscated land which is converted into raikara land and reassigned to a new landlord or tenant. t.t.
1837 jāta [S.] n. lit. "species"; a caste or ethnic group, see also jāti. t.t.
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