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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | sirto | var. sirto, sīrto, sirtto, sirttā; n. tribute paid by Vassal states to the Central government (see Adhikari 1984: 356; Pant and Pierce 1989: 94; M.C. Regmi 1978: 865; M.C. Regmi 2002: 303). | t.t. |
| 2467 | siṭhinakhaḥ | [New.] n. festival observed on the sixth of the bright fortnight of Āṣāḍha. | t.t. |
| 2888 | śivaliṅga | [S.] n. phallic emblem of Śiva. | t.t. |
| 2426 | śivarātri | [S.] var. śivarātrī; also mahāśivarātri; n. lit. "Śiva's night", festival in honour of Śiva celebrated in the night of the 14th of the dark fortnight, on a bigger scale (then called mahāśivarātri) in the night of the 14th of the dark fortnight of the month of Phālguna. | t.t. |
| 2680 | sohraganḍī | var. sorhagaṃḍī n. coinage system according to which 16 ganḍās are equal to one rupee, in contrast to the paccīsagaṇḍī system (Walsh 1908: 693–694). | t.t. |
| 2259 | śrāddha | [S.] n. | t.t. |
| 2082 | srestā | var. śrestā; n. account book, ledger. | t.t. |
| 2585 | śrestādāra | n. | t.t. |
| 1869 | śrī | [S.] n. word of blessing, can be used as apprecatio, in which case it means 'good fortune' (Pant and Pierce 1989: 12), can be used as a prefix to names of persons and gods, in which case it means 'venerable' or 'glorious' respectively. The number of śrīs used varies, depending on context. | t.t. |
| 2151 | śrī 3 mahārājā | var. māhārāja, mahārāja. lit. "thrice venerable great king"; title referring to the Rāṇā prime minister. On August 6 1856, King Surendra, through a lālamohara, conferred upon Jaṅga Bahādura the title of mahārāja of Kaski and Lamjung (cf. Agrawal 1976: 10). The title was subsequently passed on to all Rāṇā prime ministers. | t.t. |
| 2167 | śrī 3 sarkāra | lit. "three-times venerable ruler"; title used by the Rāṇā prime ministers (cp. Whelpton 2005: 266). | t.t. |
| 2444 | śrī 3 sarkāra guṭhī | n. guṭhī endowed by members of the Rāṇā family before 1950 (M.C. Regmi 1978: 715). | t.t. |
| 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. |
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