ID | Word | Notes | Type |
701 | saṃnyāsī / sannyāsī | [fr. S. saṃnyāsin-] var. saṃnyāsi; n. renouncer, specif. a member of the Daśanāmī order. | t.t. |
3009 | sampuṭa | [S.] n. 1) a box with a lid, casket; 2) a small cup. | t.t. |
698 | sanada | var. sanad; n. a regulation, order, decree or certificate of appointment, esp. from the prime minister (prāimaminisṭara yaṇḍa kamyāṇḍara ina cipha) or the commander-in-chief general (kamyāṇḍara ina cipha janarala); "government orders" (Karmacharya 2001: 327).
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2308 | sanadapatra | n. a legal document mainly containing regulation, order, decree or certificate of appointment, esp. from the Prime Minister; see sanada. | t.t. |
2711 | sanadapurjī | var. sanadapurji; n. a purjī issued to government offices by the prime minister (prāimaminisṭara yaṇḍa kamyāṇḍara ina cipha) or the commander-in-chief general (kamyāṇḍara ina cipha janarala) in the Rāṇā period. | t.t. |
2951 | sandhuka / sandhusa | var. saṃdusa; n. box, chest. | t.t. |
1865 | sāṅge | var. sāṃge, sāṃgya; n. conclusion of rituals; ritual performed for concluding a ritual complex as e.g. a festival, observance or recital of a text. | t.t. |
2998 | śaṅkha | [S.] saṃṣa; n. a conch shell; a horn made from conch shell. | t.t. |
2423 | saṅkrānti | [S.] var. saṃkrāmtī, saṃkrāṃntī; n. 1. passage of the sun into a new zodiacal sign. 2. first day of the solar month. | t.t. |
2209 | sannyāsī | var. sanyāsi; n. 1) someone who has taken the vow of asceticism. 2) In the context of the Mulukī Ain, this term seems to be used either to refer to anyone who has been initiated into asceticism or to refer to male heir of an ascetic who has converted into a householder. | t.t. |
1752 | santa | n. "a holy man; a saint; a hermit" (Karmacharya 2001: 93) | t.t. |
3061 | santa | [S.] var. saṃta; a righteous person; an ascetic. See also sādhu santa | t.t. |
3074 | santa mahanta | [santa + mahanta] n. generic term for holy men, ascetics. | t.t. |
2486 | sapiṇḍī | [fr. S. sapiṇḍa] var. sāpiṃḍyā; adj. a kinsman connected by the offering of the funeral oblation to the departed (piṇḍa), i.e. any person of seven generations in direct line of ascent or descent (Turner 1931: 584). | t.t. |
1835 | saradārī / sardārī | head of a maṇḍalī, leader (Parājulī et al 1995: s.v. saradāra, Gaborieau 1977: 241 n. 20); Chief, foreman; contractor; a government official inferior to baṛā kāji, but superior to subbā; (mil.) a Gurkha or Indian Officer in the Indian Army (Turner 1931: s.v. sardār). | t.t. |
1808 | sarāphī | n. money-changer (cf. Wilson 1855 s.v. ṣarāf, p. 469) | t.t. |
1098 | sardāra | n. “a top-ranking official next in hierarchy to a kājī“ (M.R. Pant 2002: 135; cf. Pant and Pierce 1989: 94; M.C. Regmi 1978: 163 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 229 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 865; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137); "A military officer in the early Shah period; later, the designation of a civil officer also." (Kumar 1967: 167 ); "Kumar states they were of the nobility and "occupied civil and military offices of importance". Our sources place four of them in charge of the districts of Ilam, Salyan, Jumla, and Pokhara, and one at the fort at Chisapani. One was in China (perhaps as a member of the mission sent to the Emperor); one was a dittha of the courts; two were dadas (see below); and two or three were designated as "hajuria". Hajurias were "always present" with the King and served as personal attendants and body guards." (Edwards 1975: 105 ). | t.t. |
2291 | sardu | var. sarḍukā; n. a type of blanket like cloth (probably worn as a cloak) knitted in domestic loom (tāna) like khā̃ḍī. | t.t. |
1919 | sarjāma | var. sarajāma, sarājāma; n. 1) ingredients, tools, implements. 2) accessories and supplies for rituals. | t.t. |
1963 | sarkāra | n. government; head of government; king; term used to refer indistinctly to the king and/or to his government (Lecomte-Tilouine 2015: 211). For the documents issued during the Rāṇā period, the term may also refer to the Rāṇā prime minister, who is designated as śrī 3 sarkāra, or his government. | t.t. |