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2516 sevābirtā n. a category of birta grants made to individuals for the performance of specified services, especially in the Kathmandu Valley (see M.C. Regmi 1999: 235) and usually of religious nature (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 865). t.t.
2210 sevaḍā n. a category of ascetics. 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.
2296 silakhānā / silakhāna var. silkhānā; n. office responsible for securely storing military arsenals t.t.
2704 śilāpatra var. silāpatra, sīlāpatra; n. stone deed, stone inscription. t.t.
2121 sima [fr. P.] var. sim; n. 1) land of the third quality. 2) third. t.t.
2726 sindūra [S.] var. sindura, sīṃdura, sīṃdhura; n. red powder used in rituals and applied to the parting of a married woman. t.t.
2378 sinko kāṭnu v.t. lit. "to cut a twig", splitting a bamboo twig into two pieces to effect a divorce. The MA-54 knows different divorce rituals depending on the caste status. Among Newars the wives get a divorce by returning the betel nut they received during their marriage ceremony (cf. MA-54 144.1). t.t.
2342 sipāhī [lw. H. fr. Pers.] var. sīpāhī; n. 1) a soldier. 2) a non-combatant person employed as a policeman, or an office attendant. According to Edwards "some of the sipahis assigned to the offices in the 1840s were not "soldiers", although those who stood guard at the banks and treasuries undoubtedly were affiliated with the police or military. Such guards or watchmen were deployed at the Kausi, Kumari Chowk, and surely at the Tahvils and other offices as well" (Edwards 1975: 109-110 ). t.t.
2558 sirabandī n. a written declaration of the litigants to accept the verdict of out-of-court jury members. t.t.
2413 sirāne n. name of the assistant of the treasurer (bhaṇḍārī) in the monastery of Caugherā who carries the 'throne' of the pātradevatā on his head during processions (Bouillier 2017: 193). t.t.
2050 siropāva [H.] n. long robe (from head to toe) given as garment of honour by the king. According to Krauskopff and Meyer this garment, together with royal blessings (darśana) were "bestowed on newly-appointed individuals when they made their command appearance before the king or his representative" (Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 122-123) and to "those who performed exceptional tasks for the king". t.t.
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.
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