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ID Word Notes Type
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.
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; n. the 3rd lowest caste (superior to Cyāmes and Poḍhes) among the Untouchables in the Mulukī Ain’s caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.3). The Vādīs used to carry out the profession of singing and dancing at the houses of other caste fellows to make their livelihood. t.t.
2211 vairāgī [S. vairāgin] var. vairāgi, bairāgi, bairāgī; n. someone who is free from the worldly desires; an ascetic; specif. a Vaiṣṇava ascetic (of the rāmānandī sampradāya) 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.
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