Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
2435 pāu var. pāva; n. 1) measurement of weight, equal to 20 (in some lists between 17 and 19) tolās, 1/4th of a sera, 1/12th of a dhārnī. 2) measurement of length (25cm). t.t.
2848 pāuju / pāujeba [fr. P. pāyajeba] n. a (tinkling) anklet made of silver, gold or other metal. t.t.
2038 pauvā n. inn; rest-house for pilgrims (M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 63) where water service is available. t.t.
3062 pauvāguṭhī [pauvā + guṭhī] n. a a socio-religious organization (guṭhī) that manages and finances a pauvā and the services related to it. t.t.
1933 pāyasa [S.] n. 1) rice pudding, rice cooked in milk with sugar and other ingredients. 2) an offering of rice pudding. t.t.
2821 pãdhero / panero n. publicly accessible source of drinking water. t.t.
2904 peṭāro n. a tapering basket with a lid. t.t.
2316 peṭiyā / peṭiyākharca n. a category of governmental land grant endowed for maintaining the recipient's livelihood. t.t.
1745 pevā n. private property of a married woman given to her by her parents, husband or others; dowry; self-earned property of a woman (cf. Karmacharya 2001: 93). t.t.
2303 pevā n. private property of a married woman (often) bequeathed to her by her husband or paternal side (cf. M.C. Regmi 2002: 302). t.t.
2774 phã [fr. old New. pha] n. 1) a pot used to measure eight mānās. 2) volumetric unit of eight mānās. t.t.
2307 phāgu also Holī; n. festival celebrated on the full moon day of the lunar month Phālguna. t.t.
2087 phajila [fr. P.] n. a surplus, excess over an estimate in revenue (Wilson 1855: 159, s.v. Fáz̤il). t.t.
2169 phakaḍā [fr. H. phakkaḍa] var. phakeḍā; n. ascetic, jogī (denoting his carefree, uninhibited lifestyle). See also phakira phakaḍā. t.t.
1836 phakira [fr. A. faqīr] var. phakīra; phakīḍa; phakiraphageḍā; phakiraphakaḍa; n. lit. "beggar"; an ascetic, specifically a Muslim one. In the Mulukī Ain, however, the term is used (as bheṣadhārī) to refer to ascetics in general, also including Śaiva jogīs and sannyāsīs (Bouillier 1978 and 1985: 201; Clark 2006: 19 n. 85). See also phakira phakaḍā. t.t.
3072 phakira phakaḍā [phakira + phakaḍā] n. generic term for mendicants. t.t.
2632 phalcā [New.] var. phale, phalacā; n. one-storeyed building open towards the street for religious or social functions or for travellers. Phalcā is little more than roofed rectangular platform, “usually a lean-to in the towns, but free-standing along the trails” (cf. Slusser 1998, vol. 1, 146). t.t.
2745 phaṃ / paṃ [New.] n. 1) container to measure grains or liquids; 2) volumetric measure (synonym to prastha and pāthi) with four kurhas in it and equivalent to a 8 mānās. t.t.
1884 phāraka n. receipt, acquittance; "A written receipt and acquittance, a deed of release from all demands, a deed of dissolution of partnership or of parcenershipp, a bill of divorcement" (Wilson 1855: 156 s.v. Fáriġ). t.t.
1943 phāraka / phārakha var. pharaphārakha, phārakhati; n. 1) a written receipt. 2) a deed of release (from obligation), acquittance. t.t.
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