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2853 surāhī [P.] var. surahī; n. a water jar with a long narrow neck. t.t.
2924 suruvāla n. tight-fitting trousers. t.t.
1999 sūryamukhī var. surjamukhi, surjamukhī, surjemukhi, surjemukhī; n. lit. "sun-face" or "sun-flower", a certain type of buffalo. t.t.
2108 susāre var. susāryā; n. 1) a caretaker, maid or servant. 2) a slave (K_0210_0064). t.t.
3056 svāmī [S.] a Hindu ascetic or religious teacher; specifically a senior member of a religious order, also used as a title. t.t.
2759 śvetavārāhakalpa [S.] also varāhakalpa; n. "aeon of [Viṣṇu's incarnation as] the white boar", the present cosmic cycle and first of the second half of the life of Brahmā (Gonzáles-Reimann 2020). t.t.
2322 syāhā n. “Account book. Cash book.” (Adhikari 1984: 357); to what stage of account keeping it exactly refers remains unclear.. t.t.
752 syāhāmohara n. 1) seal of government offices. 2) royal document from the Sen kings (and other local kings) bearing a black seal (Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 185; Michael 2012: 134). t.t.
2772 syāḥbaji n. puffed rice; derived from siyābaji, which literally means dry-heated beaten rice, syāḥbaji is actually dry-heated rice that is taken as a form of baji (beaten rice). t.t.
2911 syā̃gī var. syāgī; n. a straight, long, knifelike cutting tool. t.t.
2809 ṭāgo/ ṭāgā n. a measuring stick of a certain length used in land measurement in Nepal. In abbala land 8×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī, in doyama land 9×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī and in sima land 10×8 ṭāgā would be one ropanī (Khatiwoda, Cubelic and Michaels 2021: 123). t.t.
1136 tahabila [lw. H. taẖwīl fr. Ar.] var. tahabil, tahabīla; n. 1) account keeping of household expenditure. 2) an office for private accounts. t.t.
1665 tahabiladāra [fr. A.] var. tahavīldāra; n. cashier or treasurer of a government institution (cf. Adhikari 1984: 357; Karmacharya 2001: 326), they would "receive the money brought in and pay the fees and salaries of the officials of that office [i.e. the Kumārīcoka].“ (Edwards 1975: 108). t.t.
2135 tahasila [fr. A. taḥṣīl] n. a small administrative unit; subdivision of a district under the charge of a tahasiladāra; in British administration, in size between a district and a pragannā (Michael 2012: 134). t.t.
2400 tahasila aḍḍā office responsible for collecting dues and receiving taxes. t.t.
2053 tahasiladāra n. a collector of revenue; in charge over a tahasila. t.t.
2229 tailaṅgī adj. 1) someone coming from Telangana of modern India. 2) In the context of the Mulukī Ain, this refers to a class of Brahmins coming from Telangana. t.t.
764 ṭakasāra [fr. S.] var. ṭaksāra; n. 1) a government office that makes or mints money from various metals; a corporation that mints coins. 2) one of the four central courts (cāra adālata) located in Kathmandu, the others being Koṭiliṅga, Dhanasāra and Iṭācapalī. t.t.
2637 ṭakasārī n. official in charge of minting coins; "official in charge of mints in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhadgaun. He was responsible for the collection of customs duties on goods imported from or exported to Tibet. He also adjudicated in disputes of the trading community in Kathmandu, Patan and Bhadgaun. His emoluments consisted of one-tenth of the revenue from mint and one-sixteenth from customs revenue from Nepal-Tibet trade." (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 11): 274 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978a: 229).#AZnew@admin: plz check# t.t.
2576 tāla n. a tax levied on the homestead of kāmīs (Regmi 1963: 272). t.t.
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