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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1855 | prasāda | [S.] n. offering material blessed by a deity or reverend being. | t.t. |
| 2089 | praśasti | [S.] n. poetic eulogy, often functions as intitulatio in documents. | t.t. |
| 2090 | praśastisau | [S.] var. prasastisauṃ; n. phrase used in copies of documents to indicate that there is a praśasti in the original which has been left out in the copy. | t.t. |
| 2656 | prastha | [S.] n. 1) a partic. weight and measure of capacity (= 32 Palas or = ¼ of an Āḍhaka; or = 16 Palas = 4 Kuḍavas = ¼ of an Āḍhaka; or = 2 Śarāvas; or = 6 Palas; or = 1/16 of a Droṇa) (Monier-Williams 1964: 699). 2) A volumetric unit; 32 prasthas = 1 mānikā (Malla 2000: 386). Also called paṃ or paṃchi, it is also mentioned as pāthī. A tradition of accepting a measure of 4 kuḍa/kuḍavas is equivalent to 1 prastha has continued from the ancient to medieval period and is still being accepted today (Ḍhuṅgela and Pradhānāṅga: 236). (#new#RS) | t.t. |
| 1074 | prati | ppn. lit "to, for", besides "-ke" or "-kai" used to indicate the adressee of a document (cf. Pant & Pierce 1989: 11). | t.t. |
| 2265 | prāyaścitta | [S.] n. | t.t. |
| 2787 | preta | n. ethereal form assumed by a dead man during the period between death and union with his or her ancestors (pitṛ) (Gutschow and Michaels 2005: 215). | t.t. |
| 2344 | pūjā | [S.] var. pujā; n. 1) worship, honour. 2) formal worship ritual of a revered being with offerings. | t.t. |
| 2343 | pūjārī / pūjāhārī | var. pujārī, pujāhārī; n. person formally appointed to conduct the worship (pūjā) of a deity and therewith earning one's livelyhood, temple priest. | t.t. |
| 2084 | purjā | n. receipt; may be signed and handed over by the jagirdāra to a tenant on receiving his rent (Adhikari 1984: 74 n) | t.t. |
| 1883 | purjī | [fr. P. purja] var. purji, pūrjī; n. 1) slip of paper, note. 2) formal letter written by a government institution or an official to another institution or to a person. | t.t. |
| 2716 | pūrṇimānta | n. a scheme of reckoning time in lunar months according to which months end on the full-moon day (pūrṇimā) so that waning fortnights precede waxing ones; in Nepal normally used in Vikrama Samvat (VS) era dates of the Śāha period. | t.t. |
| 1936 | purohita / pureta | [fr. S. purohita] var. prohita, prohīt; n. 1) house-priest called to carry out domestic rituals, chaplain. 2) house-priest and principal advisor of the king; cf. rājapurohita. 3) generic term for priests officiating in rituals. | t.t. |
| 2404 | purohityāī̃ | var. purohiṭāī, purohītyāñī, prohityāī, prohītāī; n. the office of priest. | t.t. |
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