Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
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.
2832 phārāma [fr. E. form] n. a form, an official form. t.t.
2263 phārchyāpatra var. phārchāpatra; n. a quitclaim deed (see also phārsepatra). t.t.
2168 pharda [P.] var. phardā, phardda; n. a written list or statement (Wilson 1855: 155 s.v. Fard). t.t.
2835 pharkāvāddī rupaiyā [fr. H. pharrukhābādī °] n. an Indian coin minted in Farrukhābād t.t.
2574 pharmāisī n. a birtā grant to members of the royal or Rāṇā family (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 857), valid only during the lifetime of the recipient (M.C. Regmi 1965: 20). t.t.
2972 phārsepatra n. a quitclaim deed (see also phārchyāpatra) t.t.
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