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ṭhekathiti

Notes var. ṭhekkathiti, n. 1) settlement with the village community represented by local headmen (mukhiyā, in eastern Nepal the subbā) for the collection of taxes on rice-lands and homesteads in the villages of the far eastern hill region and the Baisī region. (M.C. Regmi 1978: 163; cf. M.C. Regmi 1988: 270, M.C. Regmi 1978b: 867); 2) system of land tax collection on contractual basis.
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