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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.
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.
1926 vārṣikaśrāddha [S.] n. annual ancestor ritual held on the death aniversary of the deceased. t.t.
1873 vasantapañcamī [S.] var. vasaṃtapaṃcamī; also śrīpañcamī, mañjupañcamī or gurupañcamī; n. 1) 5th lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Māgha, marking the beginning of spring. 2) festival held on that day. t.t.
2085 vāsila bāki n. collections and balances. t.t.
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