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2923 kinakhāba var. kīnaṣāva; n. fabric made of silk with gold and silver threads; brocade. t.t.
2016 kipaṭa var. kīpaṭa; n. a form of traditional land tenure, where communal authority overrides state authority and control over the land is exercised on the basis of family and clan group (cf. Regmi 1965: 82), traditionally practiced by several ethnic groups, particularly in eastern Nepal among the Kiranti groups (Whelpton 2005: 262). t.t.
2432 kirā̃tī / kirātī var. kirāti, kirāntī; n. "Limbu and Rai peoples of eastern Nepal" (Whelpton 2005: 262). t.t.
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. t.t.
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.
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