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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 var. jafatī; n. confiscated land which is converted into raikara land and reassigned to a new landlord or tenant. t.t.
3214 jār n. adulterer, paramour. t.t.
1837 jāta [S.] n. lit. "species"; a caste or ethnic group, see also jāti. t.t.
2145 jātakamārā [S.] var. jātakmārā; n. infanticide; according to Fezas 1986: 174 (with reference to N. A. VS 2022: 640ff.) including abortion. t.t.
1345 jāti [S.] n. lit. "species"; a caste or ethnic group, see also jāta t.t.
2768 jātrā [S. yātrā] n. 1) festival with a procession; chariot festival. 2) journey (esp. in connection with a religious ceremony, such as a pilgrimage or a marriage). t.t.
3006 jāulāpūjā var. jyāvalapūjā; within the annual festivals of Buṅgadyaḥ, the concluding ritual of the Jawalakhel Jātrā when the bhoto kept rolled up in the sanctum next to the deity is displayed to the assembled people (Locke 1980: 275) t.t.
2129 javā var. java, yava; n. an area measurement unit equal to one quarter of a ropanī, or measuring 22,5 hāta (MA-54 5.38-40). t.t.
2823 jāyadātī [fr. P. jā'edād] var. jāyadāti; n. list of property (see also tāyadātī). t.t.
2497 jā̃cakī var. jācakī, jācaki; n. examiner, inspector (Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. jā̃ca). t.t.
2279 jeṭhā-buḍhā n. lit. "knowledge elder"; 1) a village headman responsible for local affairs such as the maintenance of law and order (M.R. Pant 2002: 133; Shaha 1982: 29). 2) an official at the royal palace, royal messenger and investigator (Whelpton 1991: 283). At an earlier time the jeṭhā-buḍhās, "elder statesmen, held intermittent positions as emissaries to district officials or to the courts of foreign states". By 1843 only one remained, described by Hodgson as the "personal attendant of (the) Rajah". A few years later, we find the jetha-budha under the Kadel Chowk with three sipahis under him; his name also is linked with the "chaya kotha" or tea room. By then his days of glory obviously were over“ (Edwards 1975: 107 ). t.t.
2337 jeṭhāka n. during partition of property the share usually received by the eldest wife or son. t.t.
2752 jeṭho pradhāna n. a village headman responsible for local affairs such as the maintenance of law and order. t.t.
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