Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
2385 bharpāīdādai phrase to formally mark the beginning of a receipt. t.t.
2251 bhāṭa n. According to the Mulukī Ain (MA-54 Ed. 1 115.4 and 151.6), offspring born of a Brahmin man to a concubine Upādhyāya or Jaisī woman who is not his relative and who has been married to two husbands before, or offspring born of an Upādhyāya or Jaisī Brahmin to a concubine girl or widow who belongs to a Daśanāmī, Jogī, Jaṇgama, Sannyāsī, Sevaḍā, Kānaphaṭṭā, Vairāgī ascetics or the like are classified as Bhāṭas. The NBŚ’s classification of Bhāṭas slightly differs from the MA: offspring born of a Brahmin man to a Sannyāsī woman, or born of a Tīna-Liṅga-Jaisī to a Jaisī woman from the same caste or from a caste of Khasa-Kṣatriyas are categorized as Bhātas. t.t.
1867 bhatāhā n. a fellow caste member who is permitted to enter into kitchen and eat cooked rice together. t.t.
2225 bhaṭṭa n. a class of Brahmins who are also called dākṣiṇāya pundits and originally came from Maharastra and were brought to Kathmandu by the Malla Kings. The smārta rituals of the Paśupatinātha temple are still carried out by the Bhaṭṭas coming from Karnataka. t.t.
2780 bhaṭṭāraka [S.] n. a great lord, venerable or worshipful person (used of gods and of great or learned men, especially of Buddhist teachers and of a particular class of Śaiva monks) (Monier-Williams 1964: 745). The term was used mostly for the Buddhist objects of worship but also sometimes for those of the Hindu tradition during the medieval period. For instance, gandhuribhaṭṭārrakāsana (LAL0970_I_006) is a reference to the gandhurī devatā, the main deity of a bahī. Likewise, Triliṅgeśvara at Bāhālukhā, Patan is referred to as śrītriliṅgeśvarabhaṭṭārakaske (LAL0250_I_003). The term was also used as a title by Licchavi kings. An inscription at Jaisīdevala in Kathmandu, for instance, has this title given to Basantadeva: kīrttirbhaṭṭārakamahārājaśrīvasantadevaḥ (Vajrācārya VS 2030: 122). (#new#RS) t.t.
2244 bhā̃ḍa var. bhāḍa; n. untouchable caste fellows whose members have the profession of singing, dancing and begging for their livelihood. The caste of Bhā̃ḍas is similar to the caste of Vādīs in the Mulukī Ain's caste hierarchy (MA-54.160.17). t.t.
2881 bherī var. bheri; n. 1) a natural trumpet. 2) a large kettle drum (Tingey 1990: 222 and passim). t.t.
2111 bheṭī var. bheṭa, bheṭi; n. money, often in the form of coins, offered to deities or revered persons. t.t.
2064 bhīra var. bhira; n. bluff. t.t.
1870 bhitrinī / bhitrenī var. bhitryāni; 1) brought in or kept woman, not married with a full marriage ritual; see also lyāītā. 2) secretly kept woman. t.t.
2499 bhoja [fr. S. bhojana] n. meal fed to a group of people on a festive or ritual occasion. t.t.
2367 Bhoṭa n. Tibet; in Nepal, the term denotes not only Tibet, but also the areas that are ethnically Tibetan (cf. Gellner et al. 2004: 391). t.t.
2368 bhoṭe var. bhoṭiyā, bhoṭyā; adj. 1) inhabitant of Bhoṭa, people of Tibetan language and culture (cf. Whelpton 2005: 260). 2) An umbrella term designating Tibetanid groups classified as Enslavable Alcohol-drinkers in the Mulukī Ain (see Ramble 2008: 29-30), but also for a non-ethnically defined legal status. t.t.
2816 bhũḍko n. small earthen vessel, jar, smaller than a gāgro. t.t.
2448 bicārī / vicārī [fr. S. vicārin]. n. magistrate. t.t.
3077 Bighā var. vighā, vigāhā; n. unit of land-measurement in the Tarai region, comprising 8,100 square yards, or 1.6 acres, or 0.67 hectare. A bighā is divided into 20 kaṭṭhās. t.t.
2007 bigo var. bīgo, vīgo, bīgā; a payment substitute equal to the amount in question (e.g. damage). bīgo often comes with daṇḍa, a fine additionally to be paid. "Claimed amount" (Karmacharya 2001: 320) t.t.
2667 bihā / bihe [fr. S. vivāha] n. marriage ritual. t.t.
3040 bijuli bānā n. a natural trumpet in the shape of a serpent or a "lightning" (Tingey 1990: 80-81). t.t.
889 bintī [fr. S.] var. biṃtī; n. request, supplication, prayer; application, petition. Cf. bintīpatra. t.t.
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