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1987 karaṇa [S.] n. a division of time and one of the calendric parameters of the pañcāṅga, with two karaṇas being equal to a lunar day. There are eleven named karaṇas. t.t.
2295 kārigara n. someone who is skilled in operating or making machines, or in making sculptures. t.t.
1958 kārindā [fr. P. kāranda] var. kārīṃdā, kārīndā; n. clerk or low-ranking official. t.t.
396 kariyā var. kariya; n. a slave working in house, a servant t.t.
2885 karmapātra [S.] var. karammapātro; n. "ritual vessel", a bowl installed at the beginning of a ritual by filling in water, kuśa, barley, sesamum seeds, akṣatā, flowers etc.; used while performing a saṃkalpa, viniyoga etc. t.t.
2589 karmī var. karmi; n. artisan working with wood, stone or metal. t.t.
2884 karnāla var. karanāla; n. a long natural trumpet made of copper (Tingey 1990: 67 and passim). t.t.
967 karṇela [fr. E.] var. karṇaila, karnela, karnala; n. colonel, military rank below lieutenant colonel (lephṭena karṇela) (cf. Kumar 1967: 66, 98). t.t.
2474 kārobārī var. kārabārī, kāravari; n. 1) a trader, businessman; 2) a steward, paymaster; 3) a “member of the village council under the kipat system in Pallokirat.“ (M.C. Regmi 1978: 860) t.t.
2463 karpana n. a sum of five rupees taken by the court as a fee from each party. By paying the litigants express their will to have the case decided by ordeal. t.t.
2736 karṣa n. a measure of weight, equaling 16 or 12 māsās; In medieval documents, karṣa was also an unit of land measurement, two karṣas being equal to one ropaṇī. This unit was often used when measuring gardens (cf. Kölver and Shakya 1985: 86). t.t.
400 kartā n. a member of the village council under the kipat system in Pallokirat (M.C. Regmi 1978: 860) t.t.
2406 karuṇānidhāna [S.] var. karuṇanīdhāna; n. "treasure store of compassion"; an epithet found at the beginning (after uprānta) of petitions (bintīpatra, arjī) to the prime minister, often in combination with other epithets, such as garibaparavara or prabhu. t.t.
2814 karuvā n. vessel for drinking water or alcohol with a side spout. t.t.
2243 kasāī var. kasāi, kasāhi; n. butcher, member of a caste whose traditional profession is the selling meat and fruits, classified in the Mulukī Ain as the 11th lowest (superior to Cyāmes, Poḍhes, Vādīs, Gāinyās, Damāī̃s, Kadārās, Kāmī, Sārkī, Kulu, Hindu Dhobī and Kusle) among the Untouchable castes (MA-54.160.11). t.t.
2900 kasakuṭa var. kasakuṭo; n. an alloy of copper, tin and zinc. t.t.
2825 kasanatamana [kā̃sa + tāmā] var. kasaṃtamaṃ; n. collective term for vessels made of bronze, copper or another metal; utensils, pots and pans; see also kasanatasana. t.t.
2828 kasanatasana var. kasaṃtasaṃ; n. utensils, pots and pans; see also kasanatamana. t.t.
2721 kasara var. kasar; n. 1) taxes such as mālapota or tiro applicable to guṭhī land. 2) surplus income of a chuṭaguṭhī (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978b: 860). t.t.
2901 kasauḍī var. kasauḍi; n. a metall cooking pot. t.t.
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