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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.the nature of this guṭhī type is obscure. Maybe it refers to birtā land which is purchased from the state and endowed as guṭhī (Regmi 1978: 658). 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.
3094 suvāro n., privately held pākho land (Ingnam VS 2081: 848). 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.
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.
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