ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2720 | kīrtana | [S.] n. 1) A song praising or glorifying a deity. 2) The act of singing such a song. | t.t. |
2359 | kodāle | n. pākho land holding in the hill regions smaller than a pāte holding, which was too small to be plowed by oxen and hence had to be dug with a spade (kodālo) (M.C. Regmi 1999: 234; M.C. Regmi 1978: 861; M.C. Regmi 1988: 268). | t.t. |
457 | kodālo | n. mattock, hoe or spade; tool with a long handle and crescent-shaped edge used in ordinary dry cultivation for ploughing (M.C. Regmi 1978: 861; Turner 1931: s.v.). #new# | t.t. |
2890 | koparā | n. a pan (usually of brass) used either to hold water for washing hands, feet and face, or to defecate or urinate in. | t.t. |
2958 | korā | n. plain, white and unbleached thick cloth. | t.t. |
458 | kośa | [Fr. skt. krośa] var. kosa; a measurement unit of distance varying between 3.2 and 3.6 kilometres (Bakker 2006: 34) in ancient India, equivalent to a quarter of a yojana.
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2906 | kosī | n. a metal, wooden or earthen vessel for keeping curd, honey etc.; a small ārī. | t.t. |
2948 | koṭa | [fr. E. coat] var. koṭ; n. a coat. | t.t. |
1860 | koṭa / kota | n. 1) fort, typically built on hill-tops for military defense. 2) military builing for keeping weapons, arsenal. 3) place for maulo pūjā. | t.t. |
2193 | koṭa bhaṇḍāra | var. koṭa bhaḍāra; n. office of the kaparadāra responsible for the financial management of the royal household and its servants (Edwards 1975: 112-113); also known by its location in one of the courtyards of Hanumānḍhokā palace as kaḍelacoka. | t.t. |
985 | koṭapāla | n. 1) chief or protector of a fort (cf. NBŚ: "killāko surakṣā garne vyakti; koṭako adhipati; durgarakṣaka"). 2) an official appointed in the eastern Tarai districts to recover stolen property or else compensate the owner (cf. Regmi 1970 (No. 7): 175 ). See also koṭavāla. | t.t. |
1930 | koṭavāla | n. 1.) chief police officer of a town or a district (M.C. Regmi 1978: 227 ; cf. Edwards 1975: 108; Michael 2012: 132); 2.) doorkeeper and watchman in temples (cp. Michaels 1994: 160, 163). See also koṭapāla. | t.t. |
2388 | kote | var. kotyā, koṭe; n. officer in charge of arms and ammunition, headman of porters in the army (Adhikari 1984: 352). | t.t. |
2137 | kote ḍiṭṭhā | var. kotyā diṭṭhā; n. a civil servant, officer-in-charge of arms and ammunition ranking above a mukhiyā and lower than a subbā (cf. Stiller 1981: 379 and also Kumar 1967: 165). | t.t. |
1358 | koṭharī | [fr. S. koṣṭha] n. a small room. | t.t. |
2159 | koṭhārī | [fr. S.] n. 1) keeper of a treasury. 2) a staff appointed to keep the treasury of a landlord. | t.t. |
2608 | koṭiliṅga | var. koṭiliṅ, koṭilīṅ, koṭīliṅga; n. one of the four central courts (cāra adālata) located in Kathmandu, the others being Iṭācapalī, Ṭaksāra and Dhanasāra. Their jurisdictions are not clear, and they performed some executive functions as well (see M.C. Regmi 2002: 300). | t.t. |
2557 | kṛpāpatra | [S.] n. a letter of grace, favour or mercy. Probably a respectful designation for a letter received from a person of superior, noble or royal rank. | t.t. |
2692 | kṛṣṇajanmāṣtamī | [S.] n. festival celebrating the birth of Kṛṣṇa on the eighth of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhādra. | t.t. |
2678 | kubhiṇḍo | var. kubīṃḍo, kubhīḍo; n. ash gourd (Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.), eatable and typically used in the context of blood sacrifice. | t.t. |