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2272 mahāne var. mahānyā, mahāna; 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.
2434 majhiyā n. exonym for the ethnic group of Yakkhā. t.t.
2005 majilis var. majlis; n. assembly, court. t.t.
1002 makarasaṅkrānti var. makarasaṃkrānti, māghesaṃgrā̃tī, māghyāsaṃkrānti; n. 1) day marking the passage of the sun into the zodical sign of capricorn (makara) and first day of the solar month of Māgha. 2) the festival held on that day. t.t.
2101 māla n. an office for collecting revenues (M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 63; M.C. Regmi 1978: 862). Cf. māla aḍḍā t.t.
2522 māla aḍḍā n. a district-level revenue office; see also māla . t.t.
2741 mālapota aḍḍā var. māla aḍḍā, mālapota, māla; n. land revenue office where records of land ownership and transference are kept. t.t.
2554 mālapuvā n. small, sweet, thick fritters made of wheat flour, sugar and spices or of bananas, milk, sugar and spices; prepared on festive occasions in Nepal and Northern India (Pathak 2007: 341; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpua). t.t.
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