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2896 thāla [fr. S. sthāla] n. a large flat metal plate or dish, a tray. t.t.
2857 thālī [thāla+ī] n. a flat metal plate or dish. t.t.
1801 Thāmī var. thāmi; n. an ethnic group. t.t.
2201 ṭhānā / thānā [fr. S. sthāna] n. a police or military office with semi-judicial functions responsible for upholding public order (cf. Adhikari 1984: 243). In the Mulukī Ain, adālatas, ṭhānās and amālas were the central institutions for judicial administration (see, for example, MA-KM 1854 1.5, 19 and 21). t.t.
2523 ṭhānedāra / thānedāra [lw. H.] n. police officer in charge of a ṭhānā. According to Turner the term was used in British India but not in Nepal where this officer is usually called ṭhānā ko subidār or subedār (Turner 1931: s.v. ṭhānedār) t.t.
2743 thānī n. 1) a local man of standing, village headman. 2) a deity specific to a locality. t.t.
2650 thapāḥju [New.] n. the most senior of the elders (āju) of a monastery. In bāhāḥs, the most senior āju is always a Vajrācārya, who is also called casalāḥju, a derivative of Cakreśvara āju. This, however, does not apply to a bāhāḥ that does not have a Vajrācārya member. t.t.
2347 thara n. 1) group of persons bearing the same surname; clan; sub-caste. 2) "a functionary junior to the in-charge of a revenue office" (Karmacharya 2001: 94). 3) synononym of tharaghara (cf. M.R. Pant 2002: 136; cf. tharaghara). t.t.
1938 tharaghara n. 1) originally referred to the leaders of the thirty-six clans (thara) of which the nobility of Gorkha consisted (Riccardi 1977: 47 n. 5). 2) member of the six clans (cha thara) of Pā̃ḍe, Pantha, Aryjāla, Khanāla, Rānā, and Bohorā, who supposedly assisted Dravya Shah in the conquest of Gorkha (Edwards 1975: 108). They were heriditary dignitaries, in the 11th of Rāma Śāha's edicts charged with the duty of protecting the throne and lawfulness (Riccardi 1977: 49). These six clans form the top level of the 36 clans of the Gorkhali nobility (ibid.: 62 n. 1). Persons from these six tharas often oversaw land measurements. 3) Also known as chatharīya, a clan within the Newar Śreṣtha caste group which are considered superior to Asala Śreṣṭha and other Śreṣṭhas of lower rank (MA-54 145.7-8). t.t.
1845 tharī var. thari; n. 1) head of a clan (thara), elder; 2) "nonofficial tax collection functionary (in the hill districts)" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 867). t.t.
1959 tharthoka n. representatives of six families, viz. Pā̃ḍe, Pantha, Arjyāl, Khanāl, Ranā and Boharā, and Basnyāt. t.t.
1797 thārū var. thāru; n. generic term for a large group of people living in the Terai (see Bista 1996: 130-138); classified in the MA as "Enslavable Alcohol-Drinkers" (Höfer 2004: 9). t.t.
2125 ṭheka var. thega, ṭhek; n. 1) regular payment (cf. NBŚ: "sālindā bujhāune garieko tiro vā dastura"); 2) regular payment in either goods or cash in leasing (cf. NBŚ: "…3. ṭhekkāmā bujhāunuparne rakama vā mālasāmāna"); 3) "generic term used to denote various categories of contractual systems for the collection of taxes" (Michael 2012: 135; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 270). t.t.
2669 ṭhekā n. wooden cylindric vessel with a tapered neck and a lid, typically used for storing yoghurt or buttermilk. t.t.
791 ṭhekabandi var. ṭhekavaṃdi; n. 1) system under which a lump-sum as an annual tax was assessed for a district, village, or other unit (Regmi 1999: 137), 2) contractual settlement with mukhiyās or other local functionaries for the collection of homestead and other revenues in the central hill region (Regmi 1978: 163; Michael 2012: 135; cf. Regmi 1988: 270). t.t.
2476 ṭhekadāra var. ṭhekaḍāra, ṭhekādār, ṭhikidār, ṭhekdār; n. contractor. 1) person who holds a ṭheka for the collection of taxes (M.C. Regmi 1988: 270). 2) farmer who rents his land. t.t.
794 ṭhekathiti var. ṭhekkathiti, n. 1) settlement with the village community represented by local headmen (mukhiyā, in eastern Nepal the subbā) for the collection of taxes on rice-lands and homesteads in the villages of the far eastern hill region and the Baisī region. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 270, M.C. Regmi 1978b: 867); 2) system of land tax collection on contractual basis. t.t.
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.
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