ID | Word | Notes | Type |
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. |
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. |