ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2991 | jinaposa | var. jīnaposa; n. a thick wollen saddle-cloth for horses. | t.t. |
2060 | jinsī | var. jinīsī, jinīs, jīṃsī; a thing, article, commodity or goods for purchase and sale (Wilson 1855: 240 s.v. Jins). Payment of revenue in kind in contradistinction to that which is paid in cash (nagada). | t.t. |
2331 | jitāpatra | var. jītāpatra; n. a certificate of court victory or of exoneration. | t.t. |
2258 | jitāurī | n. a judicial fee to be paid by the winning party in a legal case. | t.t. |
2301 | jiunī | var. jyūnī; n. 1) Land or other property meant to ensure subsistence. 2) Land or other property kept by parents for their livelihood in the course of sub-division of their ancestral property. 3) Land or other property given in the course of sub-division of ancestral property to any coparcener (especially to parents) in addition to his or her own share. | t.t. |
2786 | jogīcakra | n. 1) special worship performed by the Kusles or jogīs in front of the house usually on the fifth or seventh day of death in the family. A wide variety of food items are prepared by the daughter/s of the deceased, which are then offered on small plates made of leaves. The offerings are separated into two sets: one to be fed to the crows while the other to the preta. Jogīs are invited to perform the Jogīcakra worship in front of the house. Jogīs put the food items inside a bhyagaḥ, a potbellied earthen pot, placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw to perform this worship. Nyānumā is the vernacular term for the ritual if it is performed on the fifth day and nhaynumā if performed on the seventh day (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 25-26). 2) worship performed by the kanaphaṭṭā jogīs by offering a sacrifice of a duck to a certain deity or an object of worship. They also perform the worship in a similar manner but employ a series of earthen pots placed on a seat made of thick rings of straw in the process (Munaṃkarṃī VS 2046: 29). | t.t. |
1800 | Julāhā | [lw. H., cf. P. jūlāh] var. jolāhā, jvalahā, jvalāhā; n. a man of the weaver caste; Muslim weavers living in south-western Nepal (cf. Bouillier 1991: 19f. fn.14). | t.t. |
2220 | Jumlī Jaisī | n. a low caste Brahmin inferior to Upādhyāyas, Asala Jaisīs, Uhī-Liṅga-Jaisīs, Duī-Liṅga-Jaisīs, Tīna-Liṅga-Jaisīs and Doṭyāla Jaisīs. | t.t. |
958 | jyāpu | n. the dominant Newar agricultural caste with different caste groups; the Mulukī Ain ranks them below Udāsas (MA-54 145.8-9). | t.t. |
2419 | kabaca | [fr. A.] var. kabaja; n. a receipt issued by the government offices in the old times after the submission of money to the mulukīkhānā, the central treasury where income from all over the country is collected. | t.t. |
2319 | kabuliyata | n. a deed of consent, agreement or acceptance. | t.t. |
2318 | kacaharī | [fr. Pr. kaccahariā] n. 1) an office that looks after legal issues. 2) court. 3) assembly, meeting | t.t. |
2850 | kaḍā | [H.]; 1) a heavy ring of metal or other material, worn on the wrists or ankles; a bangle, bracelet, anklet. 2) anything resembling a ring or bracelet in form; handle; hilt. | t.t. |
2239 | kaḍārā | n. the 6th lowest caste (superior to Cyāmes, Poḍhes, Vādīs, Gāines and Damāī̃s ) among the Untouchables in the Mulukī Ain’s caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.6).. | t.t. |
1915 | kaḍela coka | var. kaṇḍela coka; n. a section of the Basantapur Palace where the Kapardārī Koṭhā, responsible for controlling the royal household and salaries to the royal officials and servants, was housed. For this reason, the Kapardārī Koṭhā was also referred as Kaḍela Coka (Cf. Adhikari 1984 :80, Edwards 1975: 112-113) | t.t. |
2912 | kaḍhāī | [H. pronun. var of kaḍāhī); n. a pan or frying pan (McGregor 1993: s.v.). | t.t. |
2613 | kāge aṣṭamī | n. eighth of the bright half of the month Bhādrapada. | t.t. |
2268 | kāge bheḍā | var. kāgya bheḍā; n. the Kage sheep (capra ovis), a breed described by Hodgson under the name "Ovis cagia, the Cago or Cagya" as major sheep of the Newars and major sacrificial sheep; is mainly located in the low to mid hills (Hodgson 1847: 1013–1015).
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2807 | kahatāro | var. kahaṭāro, kahattaro; n. earthen vessel in which yoghurt is kept. | t.t. |
960 | kājī | var. kāji; n. “an officer of ministerial rank superintending civil and military affairs“ (M.R. Pant 2002: 133; cp. Edwards 1975: 105). | t.t. |