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ID Word Notes Type
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). t.t.
2607 sarkhata n. a corporation or business partnership. t.t.
2238 sārkī var. sārki; n. the 7th lowest caste (superior to Cyāmes, Poḍhes, Vādīs, Gāinyās, Damāī̃s and Kaḍārā, and similar to Kāmīs) among the Untouchables in the Mulukī Ain’s caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.7) whose traditional profession was leather-working (M.R. Pant 2002: 135). t.t.
1102 sarvāṅgamāpha var. sarbāṅgamāphi, sarvāṃkamāpha, sarvāṃgimāphi; n. category of unconditional and inheritable birtā, guṭhi, or rājya@BJ grants which were exempt from all taxes and levies (cf. Regmi 1978: 865). t.t.
2465 sarvauṣadhi [S.] var. sarva auṣadhi; n. lit. "all herbs", a group of usually ten herbs used in rituals, the exact lists of which may differ. t.t.
2498 sasīma birtā n. a type of birtā grant in which only the boundaries and not the area enclosed are specified (see Regmi 1964: 61-62). t.t.
2892 sāta pagarī According to the Divyopadeśa, a group of seven experienced officers serving in a company of 100 rifles. They are ranked under and appointed by a subedāra (RRS 6:12 [1974], p. 239-240). t.t.
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