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2183 sāhu n. a money-lender, creditor. t.t.
2346 śaiva [S.]. n. a devotee of Śiva. t.t.
2956 sāja n. Indian laurel (Terminalia elliptica Willd.), a large deciduous tree used for timber, producing charcoal, fodder and medicine (Manandhar 2002: 451–452). t.t.
2141 sākṣī / sāchī [S. sākṣin] n. 1) eye witness. 2) supervisor. t.t.
2804 sāla n. the tree Shorea robusta Roth the leaves of which are used for making single-use plates and vessels. t.t.
1970 salāmī [P.] var. salāmi; n. payments due to the government including fines, levies, fees etc. See also sarsalāmī. t.t.
1879 sālmī [New. sāymi] var. sālami, sālamī; n. lit. "oil-presser," sub-caste among the Newar, also known as Mānandhar. t.t.
2454 samādhi [S.] var. samādhī; n. 1) profound meditation, final stage of yoga; 2) self-immolation (esp. entombment) of an ascetic; 3) place of cremation, burial or entombment. t.t.
1093 sameta var. smeta; ppn. with, together with. t.t.
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.
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