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ID Word Notes Type
2226 marahaṭṭā n. a class of Brahmins migrated from ancient India to the Kathmandu valley. t.t.
2317 marauṭa n. governmental land grant endowed to the family of someone who lost his life for the welfare of the kingdom. t.t.
2439 marjī n. an order from the mukhtiyāra, Prime Minister or other high-ranked officers. t.t.
1016 mārphat / mārphata var. marphaṭ, mārphaṭa; "through (the person of)" (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93). t.t.
2157 maryo aputālī / moroaputālī var. maryo aputāli, moroaputāli; also aputālī; n. escheatable property (on a discussion of the term, see Fezas 1986). t.t.
2375 māsā var. māśā; n. a measure of weight, equaling 1/10th or 1/12th of a tolā according to Rāma Śāha's edict (MA-KM 2022: 695) or 1/12th of a tolā in other sources (McGregor 1993 sv. māśā). t.t.
1019 masalā n. spices. t.t.
2100 maṭha [fr. S.] n. abode of ascetics, monastery. t.t.
2139 maujā [fr. A. mauja] var. mauje, maujye; n. 1) unit of land revenue administration in the Tarai (cf. Krauskopff and Deuel Meyer 2000: 184). 2) revenue subdivision constituted by a group of villages in some hill districts and the Kathmandu Valley (cf. Michael 2012: 132). t.t.
1658 maulo [fr. S.] n. 1) post to which sacrificial animals are tied for decapitation (cf. Karmacharya 2001: 325); 2) post to which elephants are tied. t.t.
2928 mayalaposa var. mayelaposa; n. upper garment of a man's dress. t.t.
2515 mayāyu n. land grant to a person out of compassion or love (M. C. Regmi 1978: 286, also see, NBŚ under s.v. mayāyu). t.t.
1819 meharabānī var. meheramāni; n. kindness. t.t.
2549 mejara ajiṭana [fr. E.] n. major adjutant; according to Kumar below captain (kāptana) and above lieutenant (lapṭana / lephṭena) (Kumar 1967: 100). t.t.
2541 mejara janarala [fr. E.] n. major general, military rank below lieutenant general (lephṭena janarala) and above lieutenant colonel (lephṭena karṇela) (cf. Kumar 1967: 66, 98). t.t.
2548 mejara kāptana [fr. E.] n. major captain, military rank below lieutenant colonel (lephṭena karṇela) and above captain (kāptana) (Kumar 1967: 100). t.t.
3063 melā n. 1. a large crowd (esp. for festivals); 2. fair, festival; 3. market; bazar. t.t.
2469 meṣasaṃkrānti [S.] n. vernal equinox, in the Hindu calendar on April 14. t.t.
2012 mijhāra / mijāra var. mījhāra; n. headman of certain groups of low caste status who was responsible for the collection of levies, jurisdical fines, escheated properties and expiation fees from the families under his jurisdiction. t.t.
1918 milāpatra n. compromise document, deed of settlement. t.t.
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