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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
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.
2099 jhagaḍā var. jhagarā; n. a dispute, lawsuit t.t.
2189 jhārā n. forced labor, unpaid work or assistance exacted from the people by the government or a landlord for the cause of the state or public welfare; can also be commuted into cash payment (M.R. Pant 2002: 133; M.C. Regmi 1988: 267). t.t.
2902 jhārī n. a pitcher with a long neck and a spout. t.t.
3001 jhā̃ca [S. jhallī] var. jhāca; n. cymbals. t.t.
1630 jhā̃krī n. 1) a person who practises exorcism using magic and treats a patient; dhāmī (Parājulī et al VS 2067: 489). 2) exorcist priest (Karmacharya 2001: 323).#new#RS t.t.
3039 jhyāli var. jhyāmṭa, jhurmā; n. thin-walled plate-shaped cymbals (Tingey 1990: 56). t.t.
358 jillā var. jillai, jīllā; n. a major administrative district. t.t.
3070 jillādāra n. a district-level functionary. t.t.
2104 jimīdāra / jimdāra [fr. P. zamīn] var. jimidāra; n. 1) intermediary class of landowners. 2) individual responsible for land-tax collection at the village level in the Tarai region, entitled to keep the taxes collected above the sum owed to the government and to free farm labor by the farmers (M.C. Regmi 1999: 234 ; M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 7): 174; M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; M.C. Regmi 1978: 162; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 184). t.t.
2175 jimmāvāla var. jimavāla, jimmavāla, jimvāla; n. a chief contractor (ṭhekedāra) who, before the introduction of the land administration, collected revenues from the lands in the hill region and submitted them to the government (Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. jimmāvāla). t.t.
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