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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2386 | palṭana | [fr. Eng. platoon] var. palṭan; n. regiment, battalion (Turner 1931: s.v. palṭan); army unit, according to Adhikari (1984: 158) smaller than a kampu. According to Hamal (1995: 32), in the early 19th century those companies stationed in the Kathmandu Valley and under the command of the general were called kampu, while those outside palṭana. Commonly, however, both were known as palṭanas. | t.t. |
| 2740 | pāna | [S.] n. 1) betel leaf. 2) preparation from areca nut and spices rolled in a betel leaf, typically chewn after eating. 3) drink. | t.t. |
| 3055 | pānaphula | A fine imposed by the government upon persons running a guṭhi without proper documentation (M.C. Regmi 1983: 44). | t.t. |
| 2897 | pānasa | [fr. H. phānūsa] var. pānas; n. a lamp, a light. | t.t. |
| 2300 | panaunī | t.t. | |
| 1954 | pañca | [S.] var. paṃca; n. 1) | t.t. |
| 2777 | pañcabali | [S.] n. the sacrifice of a set of five different animals; concrete sets differ according to the occasion and tradition involved, one of the common sets includes a cock, a drake, a he-goat, a ram and a he-buffalo. | t.t. |
| 2362 | pañcagavya | [S.] var. pañcagavye; n. a mixture of the five products of a cow (milk, curd, ghee, urin and dung); often used for ritual purification. | t.t. |
| 1906 | pañcakhata | n. a generic term for heinous crimes (see e.g. M.R. Pant 2002: 134; Whelpton 1991: 285). | t.t. |
| 2417 | pañcakīrti | var. pañcakīrte, pañcakṛti; n. 1) decided by the five village notables. 2) price determined by the five village notables. | t.t. |
| 1988 | pañcamahāpātaka | [S.] n. five grave sins or offenses causing loss of caste, enumerated as: killing a Brahmin, drinking intoxicating liquor, theft, committing adultery with the wife of one's teacher or elder, and associating with anyone guilty of these crimes (Manusmṛti 11.257) (Olivelle 2015: 315). | t.t. |
| 2635 | pañcamahāpātakī | [S.] n. person guilty of having committed one of the five grave sins or offenses causing loss of caste (pañcamahāpātaka). | t.t. |
| 2641 | pañcamahāyajña | [S.] n. lit. "five great sacrifices", daily observances to be performed by a Brahmin householder conceived as the sacrifices to brahman (by studying the Veda), to the gods (by performing fire sacrifice), to the forefathers (by performing ancestor rituals), to men (by feeding Brahmins and attending to guests), and to the beings (by food offerings) (Kane 1968–1977, II: 696–704). | t.t. |
| 2744 | pañcāmṛta | [S.] n. the "five nectars of immortality"; a mixture of milk, yoghurt, ghee, honey and sugar. | t.t. |
| 2481 | pañcāṅga | [S.] n. lit. "having five limbs"; almanach, calender listing for each solar day the five calendric parameters of lunar day (tithi), weekday (vāra), lunar mansion (nakṣatra), yoga and karaṇa. | t.t. |
| 2706 | pañcapallava | [S.] n. "five leaves", set of leaves of five trees (often aśvattha, vaṭa, āmra, udumbara and pākharī, but lists may diverge sometimes including campaka), used as standard ingredient in rituals (Zotter 2018: 472). | t.t. |
| 2817 | pañcapatākā | [S.] n. lit. "the five flags", set of small flags in five different colors used in Newar rituals. | t.t. |
| 2854 | pañcapātra | [S.] var. paṃcapātro; n. a set of "five vessels" for ācamana consisting of two small water vessels, two small spoons (ācamanī) and one flat plate (thālī). | t.t. |
| 2675 | pañcaratna | [S.] n. "five jewels", set of five precious stones / gems (pearls, diamonds, garnet, sapphire and corals) used as standard ingredient in rituals, typically in the form of ground powder. | t.t. |
| 2815 | pañcasūtra | [S.] thread made of strings of five different colours, used in rituals (New. pasūkā). | t.t. |
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