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ID Word Notes Type
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.
810 tolā n. a unit of weight and standard measure for gold and silver comprising of 100 or 96 rati, 10 or 12 māsās and being 1/80th of a sera; the actual weight differed according to place and time, as weight of the Bombay or Sicca Rupee between 11.599–11.642; as standardised in 1833 in British India as 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams). t.t.
1488 ṭola [fr. New. tvāḥ/tvāla, Old New. tvāra] n. a quarter of a town or village; a part of a town inhabited by persons often belonging to the same community or caste; the distinguishing feature being a separate shrine of Ganedyaḥ/Gaṇeśa (Pant and Funo 2003). t.t.
2278 topakhānā n. a department dealing with and keeping munitions, started by Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā. It was later on turned into a section (phā̃ṭa) under the Jaṅgī Bandobasta by Candra Śamśera (cf. Agrawal 1976: 66). t.t.
2936 topī var. topi; n. a hat, cap; cap of a cartridge. t.t.
2688 toraṇa / torana var. toraṇ, toran; n. 1) (ornamented) arched gateway. 2) festoon of flowers, leaves and colored cloth hung over gates and on walls on festive occasions. t.t.
1128 tosākhānā var. tośākhāna, tośākhānā; n. royal treasury, state treasury; “central royal treasury, located in Kathmandu in the royal palace“ (Pant and Pierce 1989: 94); "King's household, wardrobe, etc.; also the name of the department of expenditure" (Kumar 1967: 168). See also kausī tosākhānā. t.t.
2993 tripāsā var. trīpāsā; n. a dice. t.t.
2690 ṭukunī var. tukunī; n. a volumetric and weight unit equal to a half mānā. t.t.
2647 tulādhara [S.] n. a Newar Buddhist subcaste of the Urāy. t.t.
2621 tumbā n. kind of calabash. t.t.
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