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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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2288 mādala n. a kind of hand made drum. This drum is used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music. The Mādala consists of a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center and heads at both ends, one head larger than the other. The Sarkīs who has been classified as members of the Untouchable caste in the Mulukī Ain (MA-54.160.17) used to have the profession of making such drum using dead animal's skins. t.t.
3002 madhāne n. a tree of the legume family, the pink cedar, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius. t.t.
2231 madise var. madhisyā; n. a person living in the flat land of modern Nepal. In the context of the Mulukī Ain, this probably refers to the Brahmins who lived in the Terai region of per-modern Nepal or who migrated from there to other places. t.t.
2164 Magara n. ethnic group in the central hills. t.t.
1007 māghesaṃgrā̃tī [fr. S.] var. māghyāsaṃkrāṃti; n. first day of the solar month of Māgha. See also makarasaṅkrānti. t.t.
2615 mahājā̃ca n. Auditor General. t.t.
2425 mahānavamī [S.] var. mahānaumi; n. ninth lunar day of the month of Āśvina and climactic day of the Dasaĩ festival. t.t.
2272 mahāne var. mahānyā; n. a local revenue functionary in the Kathmandu-Valley. Although his taks have not been so found clearly traced out, he supposed to be a low ranking state functionary also responsible of taking care of land and forest in local level. t.t.
1806 mahanta [S.] var. mahaṃta; n. the temporal and spiritual head of a centre (āśrama, maṭha, sthāna, akhāḍā) or wandering group (khālsā) of an ascetic order (cf. Burghart 1976: 100); an abbot. t.t.
1834 mahantamaṇḍalāi var. mahaṃtamaṃḍalāi, mahantamaṇḍalī; n. 1) central overseer of the sannyāsīs; 2) office of the central overseer. See also maṇḍalāi. t.t.
1813 mahantamaṇḍalī var. mahaṃtamaṃḍalī; see mahantamaṇḍalāi; cf. discussion in note to DNA_0013_0059. t.t.
1005 mahāśaya var. mahāsaya; n. great receptacle, noble man, sir. t.t.
2642 mahāṣṭamī [S.] n. eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Āśvina and one of the major days of the Dasaĩ festival. t.t.
2505 mahasūla var. mahasula; n. 1.) a certain type of tax on land levied on certain categories of birtā lands or guṭhī endowments (M.C. Regmi 1978: 862 ). 2) “Public income from any source“ (Adhikari 1984: 353 ). t.t.
2530 mahasulyā n. irrigated paddy or unirrigated upland-fields in the hill regions on which taxes were fixed in cash (cp., M.C. Regmi 1978b: 862). t.t.
2313 mahātārā [?] n. originally the post of a village headman in the Khasa Kingdom; later used as a family name (Adhikary 1988: xliii). t.t.
2582 mahato n. a village headman in the Tarai districts. t.t.
2119 mahendramallī var. mahiṃdramali; n. monetary unit first coined by King Mahendra Malla (r. 1560-1574), consisting of 16 ānās and equivalent to half of a Mogul rupee (cf. Walsh 1908: 683-684). t.t.
1891 māhute var. māhut; n. elephant rider. t.t.
513 mājhī var. mājhi; n. an ethnic group of the inner Terai whose traditional main occupation is boat building and river transportation service; ferryman or fisherman (M.C. Regmi 1999: 137). t.t.
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