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1822 bhāradāra / bhārādāra n. lit. "burden bearer"; a generic term for high-level functionaries (M.R. Pant 2002: 131); courtiers (cf. Adhikari 1984: 346; cf.: Kumar 1967: 164 ; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 183 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 854 ; M.C. Regmi 1999: 136; M.C. Regmi 2002: 297; M.C. Regmi 1978: 225; Whelpton 2005: 25). According to Michael 2012: 130 the term denotes "top ranking posts such as chautariya, kaji, sardar, khardar, karpardar and khanjanchi". See also bhāibhārādāra. t.t.
1899 bhāradāra / bhārādāra var. bhārā n. lit. "burden bearer"; a generic term for high-level functionaries and courtiers. t.t.
3106 bhārādārī The supreme judicial court; the bhārādāras as a collective body. t.t.
2384 bharapāī var. bharpāī; n. receipt. t.t.
3059 Bhāratavarṣa [S.] n. one of the seven territories or areas of Jambudvīpa (González-Reimann 2020). t.t.
1150 bhāro [new.] var. bhārha; adj. venerable, respectable, Lord. n. 1) a term of address for the nobility in Medieval Nepal Valley (Malla 2000: 353). 2) member of the rural nobility in the medieval Kathmandu Valley (Whelpton 2005: 259) (#new#RS) t.t.
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.
885 bhẽḍābhāra var. bheḍābhāra, bhedabhada; n. 1) a tax levied on sheep loads (M.R. Pant 2002: 131 ), 2) a tax payable by kipaṭa holders in Pallo Kirāta (Regmi 1965: 105). 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.
3090 bhotā n. credit or subsistence loan, subject to interest, given to tenants for (re)settlement and reclamation of agricultural lands (M.C. Regmi 1981 (No.1): 6). 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.
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