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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2394 | pīra | [P.] n. 1) a venerable old man, a spiritual guide. 2) a Muslim saint. 3) (esp. in the Nātha tradition) used as title for the head of important maṭha (Bouillier 2017: 60 and passim). | t.t. |
| 2644 | pīramahanta | [P. pīra + S. mahanta] var. pīramahaṃta; n. (esp. in the Nātha tradition) title of the head of a monastery (maṭha), esp. a pañcāyātī maṭha (cf. Bouillier 2017: 60 and passim). | t.t. |
| 2441 | piśācacaturdaśī | [S.] New. pasācavadasa, pāsā caḥrhe; n. fourteenth of the dark fortnight of the month of Caitra and the festival held on that day. | t.t. |
| 2917 | pistola / pistaula | [E.] var. pīstula; n. pistol. | t.t. |
| 2255 | pīṭha | [S.] n. | t.t. |
| 2364 | poḍe / poḍhe | [New.] n. Newar caste of sweepers, who traditionally cleaned drainage, septic tanks, etc. They take surnames like Deulā/Dyaḥlā. In the former social setting, they were considered untouchable and were barred to live within the city proper. They also functioned as priests of the power deities at shrines usually outside the city on the banks of a river. The Mulukī Ain accords them the second lowest place among the Untouchables, superior to the Cyāme only. | t.t. |
| 2235 | poḍhe | [N.] var. poḍhyā, poḍe; | t.t. |
| 2094 | potā | n. a tax imposed on certain categories of birtā-lands. According to D. Vajrācārya, it was introduced by King Pratāpasiṃha (Vajrācārya VS 2019: 39). The document PD_0002_0002, however, mentions the exact year of the introduction of potā as NS 893 (1773 CE) which was still during the reign of King Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa. | t.t. |
| 2553 | Potā Aḍḍā | var. Potā, n. a tax office. | t.t. |
| 2700 | potā tahasila | n. an office related to the taxes imposed in certain categories of birtā-lands in the Kathmandu Valley. | t.t. |
| 2665 | potādāra | n. official appointed to collect the potā tax on birtā lands in the Kathmandu Valley (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 9): 224). | t.t. |
| 2687 | pote | var. poṭe; n. woman's necklace, typically made of glass beads, part of the saubhāgyasāmāna. | t.t. |
| 2407 | prabhu | [S.]. n. 1) master, lord. 2) God. | t.t. |
| 2273 | pradhāna | t.t. | |
| 1071 | pragannā | [fr. P. pargana] var. paragannā; n. 1) a unit of land tax administration consisting of several maujās in the Tarai (Krauskopff and Deuel Meyer 2000: 185; M.C. Regmi 1978: 863 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 235; M.C. Regmi 1978: 228; M.C. Regmi 1988: 269). 2) "a fiscal sub-division in north India which could be further subdivided into tappas and tarafs" (Michael 2012: 133) | t.t. |
| 1852 | prahara | [S.] var. pahara; n. division of time equivalent to about 3 hours, eighth part of a day. | t.t. |
| 2534 | prāimaminisṭara yaṇḍa kamyāṇḍara ina cipha | [fr. E.] var. °minīṣṭara etc.; n. prime minister and commander-in-chief; official title of the prime minister; highest position in the Rāṇā hierarchy (cf. Rāṇā roll of succession). | t.t. |
| 3035 | prajā | [S.] n. 1) subject (of a ruler). 2) “communities whose members were not eligible for military service. They included Rai, Limbu, Darai, Kumhale, Danuwar, and Chepang.“ (M.C. Regmi 2002: 302; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 137). | t.t. |
| 2652 | pramāṇa | var. pramāna; n. authority, ministerial post in the Malla period (Malla 2000: 302). | t.t. |
| 1965 | pramāṅgī | [fr. P. farmān?] var. pramānagī, pramāṃnagī; n. permission, order; specifically an order or authorization letter from the king or a high-ranking government official such as the prime minister that have to be in written form and approved, often issued when existing legal norms are to be overruled. | t.t. |
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