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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.
1039 muhāna n. 1) source of a river. 2) juncture of two bodies of water. t.t.
1984 muhūrta [S.] var. muhurta; n. a division of time equivalent to 48 minutes; the 30th part of a day. t.t.
2079 mukhiyā var. mukhīyā, muṣiyā, muṣīyā; n. a designation for an administrative post used at the local, district and central level. At the local level mukhiyās functioned as village headmen and revenue functionaries (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93; M.R. Pant 2002: 134; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 269). District headmen were also called mukhiyās. In the central administration, mukhiyās were writers who kept accounts or supervised officials of lower ranks (Edwards 1975: 107 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 228 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 862 ; Kumar 1967: 16). t.t.
1042 mukhtiyāra var. mukhtyāra, muktyāra, mukhtāra; n. title of the chief minister in the pre-Rana and the early Rana period, and of the commander-in-chief in most of the Rana period; title of a Regent or Prime Minister (Kumar 1967: 167; M.C. Regmi 2002: 301 ; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137 ; Adhikari 1984: 353; Whelpton 2005: 263; Whelpton 1991: 284; M.C. Regmi 1995: 77). t.t.
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