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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.
2879 tālcā [S. tālaka] n. a lock, the pin pushed into the bar (āglo) to lock it. t.t.
2878 tālce [tālca +e] var. tālace; a lock, a kind of tālca. t.t.
2415 talsiṅ [fr. A. tahasīla] var. talasiṃha; n. a landlord who collects bālī from the tenants (mohī) working on his land (Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v.); holder of a tirjā (Turner 1931: s.v.). t.t.
2503 talsiṅboṭī n. the landlord's share of the crop or income derived from his land and to be collected from his tenant. t.t.
2762 tāluka var. tāluk; n. a proprietary right signifying a holding. t.t.
1713 tālukadāra [tālukī] n. a person who collects land revenue from the raitī and enters them into the māla and who works in accordance with the Ain and savāla and performs tālukadārī; mukhiyā of the village; jimmāvāla (Parājulī 2010: 565); "headman in the capacity of a ṭhālu; authorized person [agent]" (Karmacharya 2001: 329) t.t.
1757 tālukadārī n. duty of a tālukadāra (Karmacharya 2001: 94) t.t.
2705 tāmāpatra / tāmrapatra var. tā̃bāpatra, tāvāpatra; n. copperplate deed, copperplate inscription; see also moharatāmrapatra. t.t.
1998 tamasuka var. tamasuk, tamsuk; n. a deed of loan transaction. t.t.
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