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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.
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 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.
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.
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