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devāna

Notes [fr. A.] var. divāna, dīvāna; n. 1) head of the Revenue and Finance Departments, minister, chief officer of the State Revenue Ministry or Department (Michael 2012: 131). 2) a local tax-collection functionary in the western tarai region (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 856).
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