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2379 ṭhekkā n. 1) contract, lease; 2) service done for a fixed period of time; 3) things that are to be given to an office under fixed conditions; cp. ṭheka. t.t.
2147 thiti [fr. S. sthiti] var. sthiti, thīti; n. 1) custom, tradition. 2) arrangement, order, regulation. See also rītithiti. t.t.
2142 thiti bandeja [thiti + bandeja]; var. sthiti bandej; n. sanctioning of customs and traditions; according to Höfer 2004: 151 (who writes ° bāndeja) the term refers to both, "to codification as a whole and to singular decrees bearing the royal seal". A thiti bandeja can also give legal sanction to a revenue settlement (ibid.: 152 n. 1). Besides lālamoharas often copper plate were issued. t.t.
2330 thoṅ-līṅ-pim-mā-ko-kāṅ-vāṅ-syān title conferred by the Chinese emperors upon the Rāṇās, Jaṅga Bahādura being the first such honoree. According to Landon, the title means: t'ung ling ("commander-in-chief") ping ma (lit. "foot and horse", i.e. "of the whole army") kuo ("truly") kan ("valient") wang ("prince") hsien ["title of"], which he translates as "Truly valient prince, Commander-in-chief of the army" (Landon 1928: 247). t.t.
2136 thuma [?] var. thuṃ; n. an administrative subdivision comprising a number of villages in the hills (M.R. Pant 2002: 136). According to M.C. Regmi 2002: 303 the chief of a thuma was a umarāu who "was required to supply fighting men, and perform other functions prescribed by the government from time to time." A subdivision of a tahasila (Kumar 1967: 168). t.t.
2466 tihāra var. tihuvāra, tihavāra; also dipāvalī, divālī or yamapañcaka; n. festival celebrated over the five days from the 13th of the dark fortnight to the 2nd of the bright fortnight of Kārttika. t.t.
2986 tīja n. a festival celebrated by women on the 3rd lunar day of the bright half of Bhādra. t.t.
2829 ṭika var. ṭīka; n. an ornament of stamped or inlaid metal worn on the neck; particular kind of necklace. t.t.
2967 ṭīkā [fr. S. tilaka] var. ṭikā; ornamental or secterian mark made on the forehead by applying pigments; ornamental patch of precious metal or other material worn on the forehead. t.t.
1982 ṭīkābheṭ / ṭīkābheṭī var. ṭikābheṭa, ṭīkābheṭa; a levy to be paid by civil and military officials on occasion of Dasaĩ (M.C. Regmi 1988: 271). The levy was abolished together with others with effect from Bhadra 1, 2008 (August 16, 1951) (M.C. Regmi 1983: 11, citing the Nepal Gazette Vol. 1.9 of Ashwin 15, 2008 (October 1, 1951)). See also ṭiko, ṭīkā. t.t.
2846 tilaharī var. tīlaharī; n. a partic. kind of big gold ornament worn on a pote by married women. t.t.
1859 tilaka [S.] n. blessing mark on the forehead. t.t.
2810 tilaṅgā n. soldier, regular troops. t.t.
2952 ṭina [fr. E. tin] var. ṭeṃ; n. tin. t.t.
2218 Tīna-Liṅga-Jaisī n. a Jaisi whose mother was previously married to three other men (cp. Höfer 2004: 89). Among other criteria, Jaisis were hierarchized according to the number of former husbands of the mother (cf. MA-54 115.2–4). t.t.
2083 tirjā n. a certificate empowering jāgiradāras to collect the rent from their land (Adhikari 1984: 357; M.C. Regmi 1978: 164 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999a: 235). t.t.
2482 tithi [S.] n. lunar day (the increase of the longitudinal angle between the Moon and the Sun by 12°) that lasts between appr. 19 and 26 hours. t.t.
808 toḍā n. 1) a leather bag of money (Adhikari 1984: 358). 2) a bag to keep money. 3) a chain of gold or silver attached around the edge of a pagarī worn by the jāgiradāras during the Rāṇā regime. 4) the money dispatched to the mulukīkhānā by the aḍḍās in the mofussil (Parājulī 2010: 576). t.t.
2763 toka var. tok; n. decision, sanction. t.t.
2764 toka sadara var. toka sadar, tok sadar: a written ratification of a decision, order, sanction or directive; see also toka. t.t.
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