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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.
2622 tumbī n. vessal for holding water in the shape of a tumbā gourd. t.t.
1937 ṭusāla n. “central office responsible for settlement of land disputes, registration of (Birta) land transactions, demarcation of land boundaries, irrigation, damage to lands by floods and landslides and other functions. It also handled procurement of copper on behalf of the Mint.“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 11): 275 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 229 ). See also ṭusāla dhansāra. t.t.
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. 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.
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