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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.
2006 vāsilāta var. vāsalāta; annual account balance; a balance sheet of the yearly income and expenditure; record. t.t.
2950 vāskaṭa [fr. E. waistcoat] var. vāskaṭ; n. 1) a kind of thick cotton cloth used in making coats, waistcoats. 2) waistcoat. t.t.
1901 vijayādaśamī [S. vijayadaśamī] var. vijayādasaĩ; n. lit. "the victorious tenth"; tenth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the autumn month Āśvina, climactic day of the Dasaĩ festival. t.t.
2785 vimāna n. an architectural feature of a temple or chariot; a structure securing the inner sanctum of a temple or chariot. In documents E_2253_0015A~E_2253_0015G and E_2254_0001A~E_2254_0001J, this term refers to the structure decorated with gilt metal panels built around the chariot of Matsyendranātha in Patan. t.t.
2887 viniyoga [S.] n. a formula mentioning ṛṣi, metre and deity of a mantra. t.t.
2630 virāma [S.] var. virām; n. a diacritic mark placed below a consonant to suppress the inherent vowel that otherwise occurs with every consonant letter. t.t.
2245 viṣṭa n. name of a particular clan of Chetris; a general name for all higher castes particularly when addressed by Damāī̃s and Kāmīs. t.t.
2424 vrata [S.] n. 1) ritual observance. 2) fasting on occasion of a festival or worshipping a deity. t.t.
835 Yakkhā var. Yākhā; n. 1) a Kiranti ethnic group, endonym "Yakkhaba," mainly inhabiting areas east of the Arun river in Pallo Kirāta/Limbuvān. 2) the language of that group. t.t.
2132 yathocita uprānta See uprānta. t.t.
2978 Yi Teṅga Pāva Ṭiṅga Śuna Ciyāna [Chin.] n. First grade of the Order of the Sacred Tripod (Pao Ting Hsun Chang). Title was bestowed on Prime Minister Juddha Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā in 1934 (Prasad 1975: 121). t.t.
2640 yoga [S.] n. division of time based on "the sum of the ecliptical longitudes of the sun and moon, arranged in 27 segments of 13°20 Min each, parallel to but not identical with the nakṣatras" (Gansten 2018) and one of the calendric parameters of the pañcāṅga. t.t.
1830 yogī / jogī [fr. S. yogin-] var. jogi; n. 1) ascetic, religious mendicant. 2) specif. a follower of the Nātha tradition; see also kanaphaṭṭā. 3) member of the Kusle community. t.t.
2756 yuga [S.] n. age of the world of which there are four (satya-, tretā-, dvāpara-, and kaliyuga) with 71 of these four-yuga cycles making up for one manvantara. t.t.
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