ID | Word | Notes | Type |
890 | birtābitalapyā | also known as bitalapyā. n. holder of a birtābitalaba land grant. | t.t. |
892 | birtāvāra / birtāvāla / birtāvālā | var. virtavāra, birttāvāra, birttāvāla, birttāvālā, virttavāra; n. holder of a birtā (cf. Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v. birtā; Karmacharya 2001: 91; Whelpton 2005: 260). | t.t. |
1928 | biseṭa | var. biseṭ, viseṭ, viseṭa, besata; n. 1) a temple steward (cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 855) or a person responsible for administering a religious institution. 2) an official responsible for accountancy of temple trusts, as e.g. of the Paśupatinātha Bhaṇḍāra (Michaels 1994: 158-161). Michaels renders the term as "viśeṣ" and relates the different spellings attested to Skt. viśeṣa (ibd.: 160 n. 138). As the earliest reference quoted goes back to the Malla period (NS 794) and renders the term as beseta (G. Vajrācārya 1966: 23) it seems more likely that the term comes from Newari and is a variant of New. besata/byaṣṭa, "messenger" (cp. Malla et al. 2000: s.v.). | t.t. |
893 | bitalaba | var. bītalaba, bitalapa; also birtābitalaba or bitalapabirtā; n. an often tax-exempted land grant made by the state instead of talaba, pay or wages (cf. Parājulī et al. VS 2052: s.v.).
According to M.R. Pant 2002: 132, it obliges its beneficiary, the bitalapyā or birtābitalapyā, to work for the state when called upon to do so (cf. Michael 2010: 16; M.C. Regmi 1978: 855). | t.t. |
2152 | bitalababirtā | see birtābitalaba. | t.t. |
894 | bitalapyā | var. bītalapayā, vatalapyā; also birtābitalapyā; n. holder of a bitalaba land grant. | t.t. |
2461 | bubhaḍela | n. "The Residential Title Office. An office that registered the transfer of residential property and that also had jurisdiction in disputes concerning boundaries of plots of lands and houses." (Sever 1993: 478) | t.t. |
2559 | buḍhā | n. a village headman in northwestern Nepal (Karmacharya 2001: 91; Pant and Pierce 1989: 93; M.C. Regmi 1970: 124). See also ghā̃ṭu buḍhā. | t.t. |
2019 | buḍhāko pagarī dastura | n. "fee payable by a village headman on account of his holding the office of a headman" (M.L. Karmacharya 1996: 62) | t.t. |
106 | buḍhyaulī | var. buḍheulī; n. 1) a member of the Limbu village council in Pallokirat. 2) a village headman in some areas in the north-western Himalayan region. (M.C. Regmi 1978b: 855; cf.: M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 5): 124 ); a village functionary (Adhikari 1984: 346) | t.t. |
2844 | bulākī | [fr. T. bulaq] n. a pendant worn from the septum of the nose. | t.t. |
2440 | busādhã | [New.] see varṣabandhana. | t.t. |
2842 | buṭṭā | n. an ornamentation in form of a tree, creeper, flower etc.; embroidery; braid; filigree work. | t.t. |
2122 | cāhāra | [fr. P.] n. 1) land of the fourth or lowest quality. 2) fourth. | t.t. |
2097 | caite dasaĩ | var. caityā dasai, caitra dasai, caitrā dasai; n. festival to worship the goddess Durgā as slayer of the buffalo demon, held in the bright half of the spring month of Caitra. Cf. dasaĩ / daśaĩ. | t.t. |
2653 | caitrāṣṭamī | [S.] var. caitra aṣṭamī; n. eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra and major day of the Caitedasaĩ festival. | t.t. |
2156 | cākacakuī | var. cākacakui, cāṣa caṣui; n. often translated as "adultery" or "fine for adultery" (see e.g. M.C. Regmi 1982: 135; cf. Śarmā VS 2032: s.v.
cākacakuī) and sometimes as "incest" (cf. Bhaṭṭarāī and Dāhāla VS 2041: s.v. cāka cakuī) the word also denotes forms of marriage among different ethnic groups which are not in accordance with the Hindu ideal of marriage (see Stiller 1976: 174). According to the Mulukī Ain, the punishment for members of Enslavable castes was the enslavement of the man (cāka) and the woman (cakuī or cakuī) (see Fezas 1986: 173 with reference to the Mulukī Ain, ch. 86"māsinyā jyū amālile lināko" [MA-KM VS 2022: 367-68], for further details, see note in DNA_0014_0028). | t.t. |
1849 | cākhuro / cyākhuro | var. cākhurā; n. a certain bird, probably Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar [Gray]), according to Turner 1931 (s.v. cākhuro): red-legged partridge [Alectoris rufa]. See commentary to DNA_0013_0070. | t.t. |
2002 | cakrapūjā | [S.] var. cakrapujā; n. lit. "worship in a circle", a ritual performed by the Kanphaṭṭās in an annual cycle in different localities in Kathmandu Valley (see Unbescheid 1980: 109-127 and passim). | t.t. |
2874 | camcā | [H.] var. camacā; 1) n. a large spoon. 2) ladle. | t.t. |