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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2634 | sataḥ | [fr. New. satala] var. satara, satare; n. 1) an inn, a public resting-place (Malla 2000: 479). 2) a building or house designated for charity to be used by religious people, mendicants, and ascetics (Manandhar 1986: 246). | t.t. |
| 1967 | satāra | var. satār, satāhar; n. lit. "the big one". 1) category of sacrificial buffaloes. Under the provision that the list given in E_2779_0005 provides a grading of bulls according to either size or age, the satāra is the forth and biggest, bigger than kaṭuvā, kāṃjokho, and malauṭo. 2) The biggest buffalo sacrificed during Dasaĩ, symbolizing Mahiṣāsura, the demon enemy of the goddess Durgā (Tingey 1997: 99; Unbescheid 1996: 120–125, passim). | t.t. |
| 710 | satī | n. | t.t. |
| 1878 | sattala | n. rest house. | t.t. |
| 2684 | saubhāgyasāmāna | n. lit. "material of maritial felicity"; set of items used in worship and associated with the married non-widowed woman, including items such as a mirror (ainā), comb (kā̃giyā), a beauty box (baṭṭā), gājala, sindūra, necklace (pote), bangles (curā) and red ribbons (dhāgo or dori); also saubhāgyadravya. | t.t. |
| 2013 | sāune phāgu | var. sāunya phāgu, sāunyā phāgu, sāunya phāghu; n. a homestead levy (valaka) collected in the hill districts, including Kathmandu Valley, during the months of Śrāvaṇa and Phālguna every year (cf. M.C. Regmi 1971: 230; M.R. Pant 2002: 136). According to M.C. Regmi (1995: 27-28) it originally served the supply of foodstuff to the royal household, and was converted into a cash payment in 1807. Normal households had to pay half the amount of landowners and local functionaries. The rates were revised in 1813. | t.t. |
| 1695 | savāla | n. 1) an enquiry. 2) a set of directives issued especially for the administrative purposes. Contrary to a sanada which is applicable to general public, a savāla refers to rules within a particular organization or an administrative unit (see Siṃha 1981 sv svāla. 3) rules and regulations enacted based on an existing law; administrative regulations (Adhikari 1984: 356; Karmacharya 2001: 328). | t.t. |
| 2416 | savārī | var. savāri; n. 1) progress/procession of an exalted person on a riding. 2) a vehicle used for procession. 3) employee at the astabalakhānā. | t.t. |
| 3015 | sāyera | n. custom duty (Turner 1931: s.v. sāyar); tax on local market goods (Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 186). According to Wilson the term can also denote "the remaining or all other sources of revenue accruing to the government, in addition to the landtax" (Wilsonr 1855: s.v. sair). | t.t. |
| 2282 | sebaḍā | n. | t.t. |
| 2222 | sera | n. measure of weight (approx. 933 grams) with one sera comprising 80 tolās | t.t. |
| 2518 | serā | n. | t.t. |
| 2514 | serā-guṭhī | n. | t.t. |
| 2014 | sermā | n. an annual homestead tax collected in cash on pākho land (see e.g. M.C. Regmi 2002: 302). | t.t. |
| 2516 | sevābirtā | n. | t.t. |
| 2210 | sevaḍā | t.t. | |
| 2361 | siddha | [S.] lit. "accomplished, perfected"; n. an ascetic of great powers and saintliness said to possess supernatural facilities (siddhi). | t.t. |
| 2289 | sidhā | n. 1) uncooked food. 2) a plate of uncooked rice, lentils, vegetables, salt, turmeric powder and ghee, etc. given to a Brahmin priest by his patron during a ritual or sacrifice. 3) food provision regularly given by the government or another institution to servants, poor people, ascetics, students, prisoners etc., consisting mainly of a “quantity of rice, lentils, vegetables, spices, salt, etc., given as a dole for a full meal.“ (M.C. Regmi 1978: 859) | t.t. |
| 1971 | sikkā | also mohora sikkā, sikkā rupaiyā; n. a kind of rupee. | t.t. |
| 2907 | silābara / silebhara / silbara | var. sīlevara; n. 1) silver (cā̃dī). 2) a silverlike white metal alloy. | t.t. |
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