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ID Word Notes Type
2068 raikara n. state-owned, taxable land. t.t.
2511 rairakama [from rakama] var. rairakam; n. revenue collection. See also rakamakalama (Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v.). t.t.
2455 raitāna n. a group of ryots (raitī) or tenants (cf. Kṛṣṇaprasāda Parājulī et al. 2010: 1085). t.t.
2389 rāiṭara [fr. E.] var. rāīṭara; n. administrative officer higher than the bahidāra, but lower than the mukhiyā. t.t.
2302 raitī [fr. A. raiyata] n. 1) people living within the boundary of any country; 2) landholder (M.C. Regmi 1978: 864); tenant, ryot (Adhikari 1984: 355); 3) subjects or tenants under the jurisdiction of a Limbu subbā, who has granted them land and collects taxes from them (cf. Sagant 2008: 439). t.t.
2456 rāja aṅka n. generic term for taxes levied on occasions of royal rituals and others that went directly to the royal palace, including cumāvana, goḍadhuvā, godāna, gādīmubārakha, and phattemubāraka (M.R. Pant 2002: 135; M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 9): 225; M.C. Regmi 1978: 864). t.t.
2974 rajabandhakī var. rajavaṃdakī; adj. .(land, property, etc.) mortgaged by the state or a king. t.t.
2873 rājadaivajña [S.] n. royal astrologuer, title found in the Malla period. t.t.
2093 rājaguru [S.] n. 1) a preceptor (guru) to a member of the royal family. 2) preceptor to the king (baḍā guruju). t.t.
2748 rājaguṭhī var. rājaguṭha; n. a guṭhī established by the king or royal family. The Mulukī Ain of 1854 (§ 1.5) defines it as a guthi set up by a reigning king or queen of Gorkhā following the performance of a saṃkalpa. Definition of rājaguṭhī, however, changed over time. With the system of amānata instituted, the guṭhīs managed by different governmental associations became rājaguṭhīs. The Guṭhī Saṃsthāna Ain of VS 2021 defines it as a guṭhī belonging to or managed by the government. After VS 2033, all the guṭhīs under the jurisdiction of the Guṭhī Saṃsthāna became known as rājaguṭhīs (cf. Tandan 1995: 34-35). t.t.
2203 rājakhata n. a heinous crime like the killing of a Brahmin (cf. MA-54 67.5) or incest (cf. MA-54 141.23, 25), maybe considered as a crime against or punishable by the king. t.t.
2095 rājapurohita [S.] n. domestic priest serving the royal family. In case of the Śāhas the Arjyāla family held the post of the kings' purohita from the early Śāha period until a branch of the Pāṇḍe family took over this post after the Rāṇās came to power (Whelpton 1991: 201). t.t.
2221 rājapūta var. rajaputa, rajapūta, rājaputa; n. a member of the royal dynasty and high class Kṣatriyas such as Ṭhakurīs. Since the Mulukī Ain has not specified who falls under the category of the Rājapūta-class, the membership might have been defined on the basis of customary practices (the Mulukī Ain does not include the Cord-wearing Kṣatriyas in the Rajapūta class). t.t.
2718 rajasthala [fr. S. rājasthala] n. place where the royal palace is located. t.t.
1913 rajiḍanṭa [fr. E.] n. resident. British residents or resident ministers were posted in foreign countries on a permanent basis. Even though they served diplomatic functions, residents are often conceived of as an expression of indirect rule. t.t.
2377 rājīnāmā n. deed of relinquishment of rights. t.t.
2479 rājopādhyāya [S.] var. rājopādhya; n. lit. "teacher of the king". 1) name or title granted to or adopted by certain Brahmin groups; 2) Brahmin group (also known as devabhāju) who had served the Malla kings and continue officiating as domestic priests in the higher Hindu Newar castes and at temples. t.t.
2088 rakama [fr. A. raqm] n. 1) a stipulated sum. 2) revenue, a revenue item. 3) corvée due to the government from peasants cultivating certain classes of land like raikara, kipaṭa or Rāja Guṭhī land (M.C. Regmi 1999: 235 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 163). 4) land held in return for corvée (Whelpton 1991: 285). 5) compulsory labour obligation commuted to specific services that are rendered on a regular and inheritable basis required for the regular establishments run by the government (cf. M.C. Regmi 1965: 53-54). t.t.
2086 rakamadāra 1) A holder of a rakama; 2) A revenue functionary (Regmi 1986: 135). t.t.
1081 rakamakalama/kalamarakama [fr. A.] n. 1) official matters. 2) an account containing different sections of revenue. 3) knowledge of official matters, officialdom (Turner 1931: s.v. rakam-kalam). 4) customary taxes and levies (Regmi 1976: 77). t.t.
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