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2747 saṃgha [S.] var. saṅgha; n. 1) monastic community; The term is most commonly used to refer to the order of Buddhist monks and nuns of Theravāda tradition. In the context of the Newars of the Kathmandu valley, all bāhāḥs and bahīs are inhabited and tended to by initiated members of Śākyas and Vajrācāryas, who are householder monks residing in and around the respective monastery to form its saṃgha. The bare chuigu ritual formally inducts a boy to the saṃgha of his monastery, keeps him in line to take his turn to serve as the dyaḥpāḥlāḥ (guardian of the main deity), and paves way for him to eventually become an āḥju (elder) of the monastery during the later half of his life. Some of the monasteries are very strict in the induction of a new member and do not allow boys from an inter-caste marriage to be initiated at the monastery. 2) one of the Buddhist trinity: the Buddha, the Dharma (his teachings) and the Saṃgha (monastic association)̣. In bāhās and bahīs, besides the image of the Buddha, one can see the personification of the Dharma in the form of the image of Prajñāpāramitā seen to the right and the Saṃgha in the form of an image of Ṣaḍakṣarī Lokeśvara to the left of the Buddha. (#new#RS) t.t.
1934 saṃkalpa [S.] n. ritual declaration, ritual commitment. t.t.
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). t.t.
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.
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