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pradhāna
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n. a low-ranking state functionary. Although no clear functions of the Pradhāna post can be ascertained, this seems to be applied to several different functionaries: those who were headmen of certain communities within Kathmandu valley and beyond; and local officials who collected revenue in villages.
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