ID | Word | Notes | Type |
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. |
2259 | śrāddha | [S.] n. periodic ancestor worship. | t.t. |
2082 | srestā | var. śrestā; n. account book, ledger. | t.t. |
2585 | śrestādāra | n. An accountant, registrar. | 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. |