Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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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.
2996 mohaḍā n. 1) a face. 2) front part. 3) a bridle, a headgear (of a horse). t.t.
2257 mohara [P.] n. 1) a seal. 2) a document bearing royal seal; often an abbreviated reference to a lālamohara. 3) a coin having the value of eight ānās or half a mohararupaiyā̃. t.t.
1027 mohararupaiyā̃ var. mohararupaiyām, mohararūpaiyā, moharaṭaṃkā (New.); often abbreviated as moru, morū, moharu, moharū, moharru, mohorru; n. monetary unit based on and equivalent to two eight-anna silver coins (moharas); in calculations usually broken down into four sukās, 16 ānās or 64 paisās (cf. Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) or 256 dāmas; the exchange ratio with paisās was calculated differently at different times and in different parts of the kingdom, depending on the relative values of silver and copper, ranging between 52 and 80 paisās (Regmi 1982: 73).

In documents sums are represented in four numerical fractions, with the rupaiyā represented by numbers; the sukās by one to three daṇḍas or the avagraha sign representing zero; the ānās by one to three diagonal dashes, sometimes as a loop with two or three jags; the paisās again by daṇḍas or numbers; the dāmas by numbers or horizontal dashes.

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2073 moharatāmrapatra var. moharatā̃vāpatra, moharatāmvāpatra, mohoratāvāpatra; n. copperplate inscription bearing a (royal) seal. t.t.
534 mohariyā / mohoriyā 1). adj. bearing the royal seal or government stamp; possessed of something under the royal seal (Turner 1931 s.v. mohoriyā)

2) n. one whose title to land is based on the royal seal (cf. Adhikari 1984: 353). 3) A non-confiscatable type of land grant for service-holders (Pandey 1997: 353).

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1030 mohī var. mohi; n. a tenant (M.C. Regmi 1978: 228; M.C. Regmi 1978: 862) from whom a talsiṅ collects his revenue in cash or kind (Turner 1931: s.v. mohi); a tenant who tills jāgira land (cf. Adhikari 1984: 353). t.t.
1031 mohīnāike var. mohināikyā, mohināīkyā; n. headman of tenants, often also has tax collecting functions (cp. M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 8): 199; M.C. Regmi 1978: 228; M.C. Regmi 1978: 862; M.C. Regmi 2002: 301). t.t.
2939 mohorī var. muhorī; n. muzzle of a gun. t.t.
2794 mojarā var. mojharā; n. compensation, allowance, deduction. t.t.
2784 mophasala [A.] n. Province, district, as distinguished from the town or capital. t.t.
2459 moṭha n. "Register Office (for land tax assesment records)" (Whelpton 1991: 284 s.v. Moth Adda). t.t.
2403 moṭha lagata n. registry of land taxes collected in the tahasila offices in hilly districts and the Kathmandu valley (cf. Ṭ. Siṃha 1981: s.v.). t.t.
2839 motī [fr. S. mauktika] var. moti; n. a pearl. t.t.
1866 muculkā / mucalakā var. mucalakā; n. a witnessed written statement. t.t.
1038 muddā [fr. A. mudda'ā] n. lawsuit; trial; dispute. t.t.
2126 mugalāna var. mogalānā, mogalāna; muglāna; n. lit. territories of the Mughal empire. The MA-54 follows the hill usage of the term which especially refers to the Indo-Gangetic plains of North India (See Adhikari 1984: 353 and Michael 2012: 132). t.t.
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