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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2620 | Śrī 5 Mahārājā | lit. "five-times venerable great king"; title referring to the Śāha king in the early Śāha period. | t.t. |
| 1966 | śrī 5 sarkāra | lit. "five-times venerable ruler"; commonly used to refer to the Śāha king (cp. Whelpton 2005: 266) and often indistinctively to his government (Lecomte-Tilouine 2015). | t.t. |
| 2443 | śrī 5 sarkāra guṭhī | n. guthī endowed by members of the royal family (M.C. Regmi 1978: 863). | t.t. |
| 2981 | śrīkhaṇḍa | [S.] also known as candana; n. 1) sandalwood (Santalum album L.). 2) ointment (anulepana) offered as one of the upacāras in worship. | t.t. |
| 2749 | sthānagaṇeśa | [S.] var. thānagaṇeśa; n. Gaṇeśa of the locality; every Newar locality has a separate shrine of Ganedyaḥ, which is the sthānagaṇeśa of that ṭola. | t.t. |
| 2148 | sthiti | see thiti. | t.t. |
| 1109 | subbā | var. subā; n. 1) governor or chief administrative officer of a province or district (cf. Kumar 1967: 168; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 185; M.R. Pant 2002: 135; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137; M.C. Regmi 2002: 303). 2) civil officer ranking higher than a mukhiyā, but lower than a sardāra (Stiller 1981: 382). According to Edwards subbās were stationed at Gorkha (cf. also Michael 2012: 134) and Chitwan, “with five others being administrators in the Terai” (Edwards 1975: 106). Edwards further mentions that “men of subba rank were also assigned in the capital to the Kumari Chowk, and Kat Bhandar offices, where they were the deputies of the kaji and kapardar in charge” (ibid.). 3) headmen of the Limbu community in the far-eastern hill regions (M.C. Regmi 1978: 229; cf. also 1978: 865). | t.t. |
| 745 | subbāṅgī | n. 1) Status or office of a subbā; rights or entitlements granted to a subbā (Parājulī et al. 2075: s.v. | t.t. |
| 1812 | subedāra | n. commander of a military company (cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 137) consisting of 100 soldiers (N.R. Pant et al. 1969: 383), often placed in charge of a district (M.R. Pant 2002: 136; M.C. Regmi 1978: 229). According to Stiller (1981: 382), he is [below the subbā] the second highest commissioned officer, and, according to Whelpton (1991: 286), he is immediately senior to the jamadāra. | t.t. |
| 2374 | śubham | [S.] var. śubhaṃ, śubhm, śu; n./adj. lit."auspiciousness" / "[let it be] auspicious"; apprecatio, usually the concluding word in the eschatocol of documents, follows the specification of the date. | t.t. |
| 748 | sudī / śudī | [fr. S. śudi] var. sudi, śudi; n. bright half of a lunar month. | t.t. |
| 1871 | sugandharāja | var. śukaṃdarāja, śukaṃdharāja; n. Polianthes tuberosa L. (Shrestha 1998: 81), a white blooming flower native to Mexico and well-known for opening its intensely-scented blossoms at night. | t.t. |
| 2552 | suhārī / svārī | [S. su-āhārī] var. svāhārī; n. very thin, soft, fried bread made of wheat flour, folded in half or into a triangle; prepared on festive occasions and sold in sweet shops (Pathak 2007: 105). | t.t. |
| 2577 | sujyāro | n. an occupational tax imposed on damāī̃s (Subba et al. 2017: 90 n. 127). | t.t. |
| 2123 | sukā | n. monetary unit worth one fourth of a rupee, i.e. half of a silver mohara, and comprising four ānās; in documents the second of the four usual monetary fractions of the system based on the rupee, usually represented by either the avagraha-shaped sign for zero or one to three daṇḍas. | t.t. |
| 3007 | Sukhāvatī | [S.] n. "Land of Bliss", the western pure land, the paradise of Buddha Amitābha. | t.t. |
| 1113 | sunābirtā | n. privately owned land which is liable to some taxation (cf. Whelpton 1991: 286). This form of land grants emerged when raikara (state owned) land was sold to individuals, and they were originally tax free and inheritable. Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha levied taxes on such lands in the Kathmandu Valley (cf. Regmi 1964: 39-40@BJ). | t.t. |
| 2495 | sunāguṭhī | n. | t.t. |
| 2409 | sunāra | [fr. S. suvarṇakāra]; n. a goldsmith. | t.t. |
| 1795 | sunuvāra | n. an ethnic group in the eastern hills of Nepal. | t.t. |
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