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| ID | Word | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2674 | uparnā | n. particular scarf worn as an upper garment, typically by Brahmins during rituals. | t.t. |
| 1997 | uprānta | var. uprāṃta, ūprāṃnta, ūprā̃nta, prāṃta; also yathocita uprānta; conj. after that, besides, in addition to, hereafter. In earlier prose and official documents, this word marked the beginning of a text or paragraph. It has no equivalent in English (Clark 1989: 231). In some (mostly Rāṇā period?) documents, it takes the form of yathocita uprānta. | t.t. |
| 2648 | urāy | also udāsa; n. a Newar Buddhist merchant caste group. | t.t. |
| 2586 | urdī | var. urdi; n. official written order (Karmacharya 2001: 329; Adhikari 1984: 358). | t.t. |
| 2587 | urdīpurjī | var. urdipurji; n. collective term for written orders. | t.t. |
| 2830 | uṭhatī | var. uṭhati; n. land revenue. | t.t. |
| 2351 | uttara tarphakā kamyāṃḍiṅ janarala | n. northern commanding general; sixth in the Rāṇā hierarchy and fifth in the Rāṇā roll of succession. | t.t. |
| 2236 | vādī | var. vādi; | t.t. |
| 2211 | vairāgī | t.t. | |
| 1831 | vairāgī / bairāgī | [S. vairāgin] var. bairagi; a vaiṣṇava ascetic, religious devotee (cf. Turner 1931: s.v. bairagi); specific. a member of the Rāmānandī order | t.t. |
| 824 | vaiśya | [S.] n. 1) a community that takes up the occupation of agriculture, commerce, animal husbandry, etc. as per the social condition of the ancient āryas (Parājulī et al. 2010: 1175). 2) third grade in the caste-based Hindu social hierarchy (Kumar 1967: 168). (#new#RS) | t.t. |
| 2757 | vaivasvatamanvantara | [S.] n. age of the Manu Vaivasvata, current cosmic cycle and 7th manvantara in the present Vārāhakalpa (González-Reimann 2020). | t.t. |
| 2480 | vajrācārya | [S.] n. lit. "master of the vajra"; sub-caste among the Newars who are elligible to receiving the highest initiations in Newar Buddhism and to officiate as domestic priests and gurus. | t.t. |
| 2754 | vajradhātumaṇḍala | [S.] var. bajradhātu-maṇḍala, vajradhātu-mandaḥ (New.); n. one of the most popular maṇḍalas in the Kathmandu Valley. Many of the caityas found here have been constructed based on the vajradhātumaṇḍala. Vairocana is the central deity of this maṇḍala and generally displayed with four faces and eight arms, thus taking the form of Vajradhātu (Bhattacharyya 1958: 54). The caityas constructed on the basis of the vajradhātumaṇḍala are known as vajradhātucaityas. Altogether, a vajradhātumaṇḍala consists of 53 deities, including, but not limited to, the pañcabuddha and their consorts, as well as the 16 great Bodhisattvas (Tachikawa 1991: 1074). | t.t. |
| 825 | vakila | var. vakīla; n. 1) authorized public pleader. 2) envoy, representative. 3) advocate (cf. Michael 2012: 135). | t.t. |
| 1761 | valaka | n. homestead levies collected in the hill districts (including Kathmandu Valley), i.e. a) sāune phāgu valaka, collected annually in Śrāvaṇa and Phālguna, b) harṣabismātako valaka, collected on occasions of national celebration or mourning, and c) kājakalyāṇako valaka, collected on ritual occasions (M.R. Pant 2002: 136, based on M.C. Regmi 1971: 230). | t.t. |
| 2402 | valī ahada | [fr. P.] var. vali ahada, valī ahīda; n. heir apparent, the king's eldest son who has already been granted the title of yuvarājādhirāja. | t.t. |
| 1846 | varṇa | var. varna; n. the four principal caste-classes, namely Brahmins, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya and Śūdra. | t.t. |
| 2186 | varṣabandhana | [S.] n. annual worship ritual commemorating the day of a deity's consecration; also New. busādhã. | t.t. |
| 2753 | varṣavardhana | [S.] n. Annual worship ritual commemmorating the establishment of a caitya or deity. | t.t. |
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