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ID Word Notes Type
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.
1809 Mulukī Aḍḍā n. a kind of home ministry, under direct control of the Commander-in-Chief and the central administrative unit for internal and civil affairs (cf. Agrawal 1976: 11) and under the executive head of the mulukī subbā; the office recommended to the PM regulations for government servants and laws, chaneled petitions to the PM, supervised revenue collection etc.; was created under Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (Kumar 1967: 101). t.t.
2521 Mulukī Bandobasta n. civil department, office created before July 1908 under PM Candra Śamsera Rāṇā as part of his reforms to decentralize the administration (M.C. Regmi 1976: 55, 59; M.C. Regmi 1984: 12). t.t.
1371 mulukī khānā n. "central treasury established by Jang Bahadur" (Whelpton 1991: 284). t.t.
553 munsī [fr. A. munshí] n. writer, author, teacher or a translator. Munsīs were properly trained scribes and secretaries of the courts. t.t.
554 Munsīkhānā var. munsīṣānā; n. "House of Munsīs", a government office established by Bhīmasena Thāpā that was responsible for dealing with foreign affairs and correspondences. t.t.
1045 muri / murī n. 1) also khetamuri; unit of land measurement in the hill region, comprising 1/4 ropanī with 100 muris in 1 kheta. The area varied according to the grade: 1190 sq. ft. for lands of the best grade, and 1339 sq. ft., 1487 sq. ft., and 1785 sq. ft. for lands of inferior grades. 2) volumetric unit comprising 20 pāthis (with 8 mānas to a pāthi), equivalent to 90.919 (M.R. Pant 2002: 134 ) or 87.23 (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93) liters. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; M.C. Regmi 1999: 235 ; M.C. Regmi 1978a: 228 ; M.C. Regmi 1978b: 862 ; Adhikari 1984: 354; M.C. Regmi 1988: 269). t.t.
2433 murmī var. murmi; n. 1) "old Nepali term for Tamangs" (Whelpton 2005: 263); 2) ethnic group living in the Terai. t.t.
1851 musāhab var. musāhib; 1) a follower, companion (Chatterjee 1996: 255 s.v. musahib). 2) a courtier. 3) adjutant (Hesse 2003: 121 s.v. munsahib). t.t.
2246 musalamāna [F. A.] var. musalmān; n. 1) follower of the religion started by Muhammada Sāhaba. According to the Mulukī Ain's caste hierarchy the Muslims falls under the Water-unacceptable but Touchable castes, such as, Hindu Dhobī, Kulu, Kasāī, Mleccha etc. (MA-54.160.17). t.t.
3065 muṭhā [pl. of muṭho] n. bundles, packets, sheafs. t.t.
1977 muṭhī n. a volumetric unit equivalent to 1/10 of a mānā t.t.
3064 muṭho n. a handful, a bundle, a packet, a sheaf (pl. muṭhā). t.t.
3018 nāga [S.] n. snakes, or specifically cobras, considered to be equipped with supernatural powers. They are regarded as suppliers of water and often worshipped as providers of fertility (cf. Cozad 2018). In Buddhism they are considered as keepers of the treasures of Dharma (Huntington and Bangdel 2003, 531). t.t.
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