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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1812 | subedāra | n. commander of a military company (cf. M.C. Regmi 1999: 137) consisting of 100 soldiers (N.R. Pant et al. 1969: 383), often placed in charge of a district (M.R. Pant 2002: 136; M.C. Regmi 1978: 229). According to Stiller (1981: 382), he is [below the subbā] the second highest commissioned officer, and, according to Whelpton (1991: 286), he is immediately senior to the jamadāra. | t.t. |
| 2374 | śubham | [S.] var. śubhaṃ, śubhm, śu; n./adj. lit."auspiciousness" / "[let it be] auspicious"; apprecatio, usually the concluding word in the eschatocol of documents, follows the specification of the date. | t.t. |
| 748 | sudī / śudī | [fr. S. śudi] var. sudi, śudi; n. bright half of a lunar month. | t.t. |
| 1871 | sugandharāja | var. śukaṃdarāja, śukaṃdharāja; n. Polianthes tuberosa L. (Shrestha 1998: 81), a white blooming flower native to Mexico and well-known for opening its intensely-scented blossoms at night. | t.t. |
| 2552 | suhārī / svārī | [S. su-āhārī] var. svāhārī; n. very thin, soft, fried bread made of wheat flour, folded in half or into a triangle; prepared on festive occasions and sold in sweet shops (Pathak 2007: 105). | t.t. |
| 2577 | sujyāro | n. an occupational tax imposed on damāī̃s (Subba et al. 2017: 90 n. 127). | t.t. |
| 2123 | sukā | var. sukī; n. monetary unit worth one fourth of a rupee, i.e. half of a silver mohara, and comprising four ānās; in documents the second of the four usual monetary fractions of the system based on the rupee, usually represented by either the avagraha-shaped sign for zero or one to three daṇḍas. | t.t. |
| 3007 | Sukhāvatī | [S.] n. "Land of Bliss", the western pure land, the paradise of Buddha Amitābha. | t.t. |
| 1113 | sunābirtā | n. privately owned land which is liable to some taxation (cf. Whelpton 1991: 286). This form of land grants emerged when raikara (state owned) land was sold to individuals, and they were originally tax free and inheritable. Pṛthvīnārāyaṇa Śāha levied taxes on such lands in the Kathmandu Valley (cf. Regmi 1964: 39-40@BJ). | t.t. |
| 2495 | sunāguṭhī | n. | t.t. |
| 2409 | sunāra | [fr. S. suvarṇakāra]; n. a goldsmith. | t.t. |
| 1795 | sunuvāra | n. an ethnic group in the eastern hills of Nepal. | t.t. |
| 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 (González-Reimann 2020). | t.t. |
| 2322 | syāhā | n. account book. Cash book (Adhikari 1984: 357); to what stage of account keeping it exactly refers remains uncleac. | 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. |
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