ID | Word | Notes | Type |
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. |
2673 | pañcāyana | [S.] var. paṃcāyaṇa, paṃcāyeṇa; n. group of five deities, typically Gaṇeśa, Devī, Sūrya, Viṣṇu and Śiva. | t.t. |
2643 | pañcāyātī maṭha | [S.] n. a 'collective' monastery (maṭha) of the Nātha Yogīs whose head (called pīra, mahanta, pīramahanta or rāja) is elected for a limited period of time and not for life as in a 'private' monastery (nijī maṭha). These maṭhas do not belong to a particular pantha but to the Nāthas as a community. They are in charge of the cult of the pātradevatā (Bouillier 2017: 66f. and passim). | t.t. |
2526 | paṇḍitarāja | [S.] "king of scholars". A honorific title bestowed on a distinguished Sanskrit scholar or poet by a king or an academic institution. | t.t. |
2894 | paniũ / panyũ | var. puniũ, puniyā̃, panīñā; n. a flat spoon used for ladling out rice. | t.t. |
2944 | panjā | var. paṃjā; n. glove. | t.t. |
1841 | pañjāpatra | n. a variety of lālamohara issued by a king with the impression of his palm (cf. DNA_0016_0086 and Amatya 1988: 2-3). See also keśarīpañjā. | t.t. |
2737 | pānju | var. pāniju, pāneju, pānijyu; n. 1) the attending priest of Buṅgadyo (Matsyendranātha). 2) one of thirty one Vajrācāryas and Śākyas of the saṅgha at Buṅgamatī who are entitled to serve as attendants to Buṅgadyo (Owens 1989: 408). | t.t. |
3000 | pañcopacārapūjā | [S.] n. worship ritual with five offerings (upacāra), typically including scent (gandha), flower (puṣpa), incense (dhūpa), light (dīpa) and food offering (naivedya). | t.t. |
2039 | paramabhaṭṭā | [fr. S.] var. parampaṭṭā, paramabhaṭṭa, parambhaṭṭa, parambhaṭṭi, paraṃbhātā, parāṃbhaṭṭa, pārabhātā; n. a deed, prepared by the seller, formalizing the sale of a slave. | t.t. |
2250 | parbatiyā / parvate | n. or adj. inhabitants of the hill areas. In the context of the Mulukī Ain, this is a general term to address the members of all traditionally Nepali-speaking castes originally inhabitated the hill areas of present Nepal. As Whelpton (2005: 264) has pointed out this term was also used in the nineteenth century for the Nepali language. | t.t. |
3087 | parcā | [fr. Pers.] n. a note, letter, pamphlet, report. | t.t. |
2722 | parvānā | [fr. P.] var. paravānā, parwana, parwanna; n. a letter or an order from a person in superior position. “An order. A letter from a man in power to a dependant.“ (Adhikari 1984: 354); "order, letter from a person in power to a dependant, warrant or letter of authorization" (Michael 2012: 133); "an order; a written precept or command" (Stiller 1981: 381) | t.t. |
2535 | paścima tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala | n. western commanding general; the most senior of the four commanding generals (kamyāṃḍāra janarala), third in the Rāṇā hierarchy and second in the Rāṇā roll of succession; also known as jaṅgī lāṭha; in charge of the Jaṅgī Aḍḍā (cf. Kumar 1967: 72, 88, 97f., 166). | t.t. |
2158 | pasuī | var. pasui; n. lit. "the entered (one)".
According to Fezas 1986: 174 (drawing a parallel to rakhuī, the 'kept' mistress) probably a slave concubine. | t.t. |
2660 | pāsukājhyāḥ | n. a kind of window with a row of five openings named after pāsukā – the five threads used in a puja. The openings have shutters or a metal veil. Characteristic is a dividing middle bar. Window for first floor of temples, āgãchẽ, palaces, bāhāḥs, and rich residences (Gutschow et al. 1987: 209). (#new#RS) | t.t. |
2591 | pasuvana | n. a compensation to be paid to an aggrieved husdband by his wife's paramour. | t.t. |
2781 | patāḥ | [New.] n. flag; banner; narrow oblong cloth or silver strip that is hung from the top of a temple or a yaḥsĩ (ceremonial pole). | t.t. |