ID | Word | Notes | Type |
3028 | ṭyāmko | n. a small unpitched kettledrum made of wood or metal and played with two sticks (Tingey 1990: 56–58 and pl. 32–33). | t.t. |
2594 | Udāsa | also urāy; n. a Newar caste group considered inferior to Bā̃ḍās and superior to Jyāpus (MA-54 145.8). | t.t. |
2176 | udāsī | [S. udāsin-, lit. "one who is detached, indifferent"] var. udāsi; n. 1) ascetic affiliated to the Sikh tradition. 2) a category of ascetics, possibly, belonging to a Shaiva sect. | t.t. |
2509 | ughāunī | [der. ughāunu] var. ūghāūnī; n. collection, contribution. See also ughāunī paghāunī. | t.t. |
2510 | ughāunī paghāunī | [ughāunī + paghāunī] var. ūghāūnī paghāūnī; n. 1) homestead taxes. 2) collection of taxes such as sāunephāgu etc. and its submission to the revenue office (cf. Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. ughāunī). | t.t. |
1829 | umarāu /umarāva | [fr. A. umarā'] var. umarā, ūmarāū, umyrālī; n. in the early post-unification period, a commander of a military post (cf. M.R. Pant 2002: 136) who raised and maintained own troops (Edwards 1975: 107). According to M.C. Regmi 2002: 303 he was chief of a thuma. Later, the term was sometimes used to refer to senior military commanders generally (Whelpton 1991: 287). | t.t. |
2562 | upādhyāya | [S.] n. 1.) preceptor in Vedic texts. 2) highest status group among Brahmins in the officially endorsed caste hierarchy. | t.t. |
2949 | uparakoṭa | var. uparakoṭ; n. overcoat? | t.t. |
2674 | uparnā | n. particular scarf worn as an upper garment, typically by Brahmins during rituals. | t.t. |
1997 | uprānta | var. uprāṃta, ūprāṃnta, ūprā̃nta, prāṃta; also yathocita uprānta; conj. after that, besides, in addition to, hereafter. In earlier prose and official documents, this word marked the beginning of a text or paragraph. It has no equivalent in English (Clark 1989: 231). In some (mostly Rāṇā period?) documents, it takes the form of yathocita uprānta. | t.t. |
2648 | urāy | also udāsa; n. a Newar Buddhist merchant caste group. | t.t. |
2586 | urdī | var. urdi; n. official written order (Karmacharya 2001: 329; Adhikari 1984: 358). | t.t. |
2587 | urdīpurjī | var. urdipurji; n. collective term for written orders. | t.t. |
2830 | uṭhatī | var. uṭhati; n. land revenue. | t.t. |
2351 | uttara tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala | n. northern commanding general; sixth in the Rāṇā hierarchy and fifth in the Rāṇā roll of succession. | t.t. |
2236 | vādī | var. vādi; n. the 3rd lowest caste (superior to Cyāmes and Poḍhes) among the Untouchables in the Mulukī Ain’s caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.3). The Vādīs used to carry out the profession of singing and dancing at the houses of other caste fellows to make their livelihood. | t.t. |
2211 | vairāgī | [S. vairāgin] var. vairāgi, bairāgi, bairāgī; n. someone who is free from the worldly desires; an ascetic; specif. a Vaiṣṇava ascetic (of the rāmānandī sampradāya) | t.t. |
1831 | vairāgī / bairāgī | [S. vairāgin] var. bairagi; a vaiṣṇava ascetic, religious devotee (cf. Turner 1931: s.v. bairagi); specific. a member of the Rāmānandī order | t.t. |
824 | vaiśya | [S.] n. 1) a community that takes up the occupation of agriculture, commerce, animal husbandry, etc. as per the social condition of the ancient āryas (Parājulī et al. 2010: 1175). 2) third grade in the caste-based Hindu social hierarchy (Kumar 1967: 168). (#new#RS) | t.t. |
2757 | vaivasvatamanvantara | [S.] n. age of the Manu Vaivasvata, current cosmic cycle and 7th manvantara in the present Vārāhakalpa (González-Reimann 2020). | t.t. |