ambala
| Notes | var. aṃbala, amavala, amala, amāla, ammala; n. 1) territory, administrative unit, district. 2) office, position, term of office, honour, respect (Turner 1931: s.v. amal); "territory in Gorkhali official discourse; land occupied by force, land from which the state has acquired right to collect revenue; generally conveys the same meaning as the term amal" (Michael 2012: 129). 3) a Limbu subbā's court or council in Pallo Kirāta (Caplan 2000: 225). |
| Type | t.t. |
