| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
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| 988 | kumārī coka | n. office with the function of looking after audit and accounts and acting as a court of law for revenue (Whelpton 1991: 215; “Audit office“ (Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 184 ; cf. Kumari Chok: Kumar 1967: 166 ); Kumari Chowk: "The Kumari Chowk is the General Office of account for the whole kingdom where all accounts of collections and contractors must be examined and passed, a fee of 5 rupees being taken for every Rs. 1000 of Bahi or Books so examined. The Kousi recommends the collector or contractor and is answerable for him. The Kumari Chowk merely takes his accounts; and those also of all great servants of the govt…(A)ll other lands (except those assigned as khangi) and revenues are accounted for once per annum in the Kumari Chowk (although) the Collector or Thekdar may pass 2 or 3 years without offering or being compelled to account; but when anyone does account it is to the Kumari Chowk and usually once per annum or sooner if (the collector) is ejected or changed. Bali (crops) that is not assigned as Khua and Khangi (emoluments) is called Ukas; also Sera or demesnes is accounted for in Kumari Chowk. Also all customs and excise ... (and accounts from the) mines, Hattisar, Kath Mahal, the Terai in all branches of receipts and charge, and in a word, the whole income and expenses of the Kingdom save Khua and Khangi or assignments in lieu of salary and pay. For (about) the last twenty years, the Kumari Chowk has exercised judicial functions like the other courts of the capital and with like powers civil and criminal. There is a separate hall for the Judicial corps ... (This Adalat) is for the investigation of revenue and quasi revenue cases… Of the general tax or fee of 5 (rupees) per 1000 on accounts passed, half goes to government and the other half in fixed proportions to the officers of the (office) down to the jamadars. Besides this, 5 rupees on each contractor's or collectors's total affairs are payable to the nousindas.“ (Edwards 1975: 111-112 ) | t.t. |
| 2895 | kumbha | [S.] var. kumva; n. (earthen) water pot , jar. | t.t. |
| 2004 | kumedāna | var. kummedāna; n. a military officer, "commissioned officer equivalent to a Seond Lieutenant" (Adhikari 1984: 352). | t.t. |
| 2655 | kurha | [New., fr S. kuḍava] var. kuḍa, kurha, kurhu, kula; n. a volumetric measure equivalent to two mānās (Malla 2000: sv. kurha), with four kurhas in one paṃ / phaṃ. The unit is used mostly used for measuring grain. | t.t. |
| 1897 | kuriyā | n. tenant occupying a homestead on birtā land (see e.g. M.C. Regmi 1970: 170). | t.t. |
| 2049 | kuruvā | var. kurvā; 1) n. volumetric unit equivalent to two mānās, or 20 muṭhīs. 2) a brazen vessel for measuring two mānās. | t.t. |
| 2092 | kuśa | [S.] n. couch grass (Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf). | t.t. |
| 1973 | kuśabirtā | n. land grant made to Brahmins with religious motives, following a commitment (saṃkalpa) made with holding kuśa grass. | t.t. |
| 1804 | Kusahari | n. an ethnic group. | t.t. |
| 1796 | kusle | [fr. S. kuśala-?] var. kusalyā, kusalyā; n. name of a Newar caste group whose members work as musicians and tailors. | t.t. |
| 2242 | kusle | var. kusalyā; n. untouchable caste fellows who have the profession of cleaning royal houses or courtyards and temples as well as playing musical instruments in the temples.The Mulukī Ain classifies the caste of Kusles as the 10th lowest (superior to Cyāmes, Poḍhes, Vādīs, Gāinyās, Damāī̃s, Kadārās, Kāmī, Sārkī, Kulu and Hindu Dhobī) among the Untouchable castes (MA-54.160.10).
In the former social setting, Kusles used to reside in a sataḥ, a two-story building made for the Jogīs to reside but not owned by them. Kusles use the surnames like Darśandhārī or Kapālī and live in such sataḥ (sataḥchẽ) built in almost every twāḥ or ṭola. They keep the records of the new births and deaths in the families of the neighborhood. The social responsibilities of the Jogī community include receiving the offerings from the families that are observing the purificatory rites after any new birth or death in the family. The Jogī community is offered nhaenumābva (a set of all the dishes prepared for the feast during the purificatory rite of the 7th day of the death in the family), sībva (similar set of dishes especially dedicated to the deceased), etc (Mali NS 1130: 223).. | t.t. |
| 2504 | kuta | var. kut; n. a system of tenancy under which a cultivator paid a fixed quantity of produce or a fixed amount of money as rent to the owner of the field. | t.t. |
| 2773 | kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ | [fr. old New. kvācapāla deva] var. kvāpaḥdyaḥ, kvāḥbhāḥju; n. principal deity of a Buddhist monastery. Enshrined on the ground floor of the main building of a monastery, kvāḥpāḥdyaḥ is almost always facing the main entrace to the monastery complex. | t.t. |
| 2636 | lāchi | [fr. new. lācha] var. rāchi; n. 1) a main road (Jørgensen 1936: 153). 2) street, main road (Malla 2000: 437). 3) In traditional Newar settlement, courtyards are usually adjoined by a street on one side, which is called lāchi. (#new#RS) | t.t. |
| 478 | lagata | var. lagat; n. record; descriptive list of items, persons etc. concerning a certain subject; a registry of staff in an office;
“assessment or stipulated rent of land“ (Adhikari 1984: 352 ) | t.t. |
| 1364 | Lagata Phā̃ṭa | n. Record Section (of the Finance Ministery). | t.t. |
| 2355 | lahãgā | n. women's lower garment, long skirt worn by women or as part of traditional dance outfits. | t.t. |
| 2294 | lājimā ḍiṭṭhā | n. auxiliary or non-combatant personnel in a Gorkhali Company; (M.C. Regmi 1999: 137 ). The Mulukī Ain distinguishes three categories of the ḍiṭṭhās; jaṅgī kote Diṭṭhā (probably, combatant personnel), lājimā ḍiṭṭhā and the ḍiṭṭhā in charge of Elephant or horse stable or cowshed (MA-54.31.11). | t.t. |
| 2252 | lākha | [S.] n. one hundred thousand. | t.t. |
| 3052 | lāla | n. a unit of weight and standard measure for gold and silver comprising of 1/100th of a tolā or 1/10th of a māsā. | t.t. |
