ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2592 | asala śreṣṭha | n. a clan within the Newar Śreṣṭha caste group which are considered inferior to Chatharīya Śreṣṭhas and superior to other Śreṣṭhas of lower rank (MA-54 145.7-8). | t.t. |
13 | asāmī / āsāmī | [fr. A.] n. 1) details (cf. M.R. Pant 2002: 131). 2) an individual name or entry in the record (cf. Michael 2012: 129). 3) debtor. | t.t. |
859 | asarphī | var. aśaraphī; n. a gold coin, according to Turner 1931 (s.v. asarphi) worth sixteen rupees. However, Turnbull (1992: 46) specifies its value as 25 rupees and adds that its value varies according to the price of gold. | t.t. |
14 | asmānī | [fr. P] n. 1) a kind of tax or amount imposed on each household of the mountain region of western Nepal in the ancient time (Parājulī et al. 2010: 90). 2) miscellaneous levies and payments such as judicial fines and escheats, which were not collected on a periodic basis. (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 4): 100; cf.: M.C. Regmi 2002: 297; M.C. Regmi 1978b: 853; M.C. Regmi 1978: 161). | t.t. |
2707 | āśrama | [S.] Order or stage of live. In traditional Brahmanical thought their are four āśramas which a twice-born male is supposed to adopt in sequence during his life-time: brahmacārin (celibate student), gṛhastha (householder),
vānaprastha (forest hermit) and saṃnyāsin (renouncer).
| t.t. |
2366 | astabalakhānā | [fr. A.] n. 1) horse stable. 2) government office managing the royal horse stables with workers called savārīs assigned to it (Edwards 1975: 115). | t.t. |
2420 | aṣṭamī | [S.] n. eighth day of a lunar fortnight, one of the parvan days, often connected with the worship of goddesses. | t.t. |
2969 | aṣṭasugandhadhūpa | [S.] n. special incense prepared of eight different ingredients, according to Parājulī et al. VS 2052: sandalwood (candana), red sandalwood (raktacandana), sāladhūpa, camphor (kapūra), saffron (keśara), musk (kastūrī), agarwood (aguru), and gokuladhūpa, often traded in the form of twisted rope incense. | t.t. |
2802 | atalasa | [A.] n. satin. | t.t. |
17 | Aṭhpahariyā | var. Aṭha Pahariyā; n. 1) an eastern Kiranti ethnic group, inhabiting south-western parts of Pallo Kirāta/Limbuvān, 2) the language of that group (van Driem 2021 II: 602; 664). | t.t. |
839 | avvala | [fr. P.] var. avala; n. 1) land of the best quality. 2) first. | t.t. |
2096 | baḍā dasaĩ | var. baḍā dasai; also mahā dasaĩ; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held over the bright half of the autumn month of Āśvina. Cf. dasaĩ / daśaĩ. | t.t. |
1980 | baḍā gurujyu | var. baḍā gurujyū; also buḍhā gurujyu; n. chief royal preceptor. | t.t. |
2473 | baḍā hākima | n. chief administrative officer of a district (M.C. Regmi 1978: 853); "district governor in the later Rana period" (Sever 1993: 478). | t.t. |
2567 | baḍā sāheba | n. "chief sahib"; term used for the Governor-General of India. | t.t. |
1968 | baḍāpatra | n. a letter from the king or high authority containing an order. | t.t. |
3022 | baḍī | n. a homestead | t.t. |
1820 | badī / vadī | [fr. S. vadi] var. badi, vadi; n. dark half of a lunar month. | t.t. |
3004 | bāga | [P. bāg] n. 1) a large garden, park; 2) orchard; 3) grove; 4) plantation. | t.t. |
3024 | bagara | n. 1) alluvial sand along the river, riverbank, sandbank, beach. 2) sandy or shingly place. | t.t. |