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ID Word Notes Type
2810 tilaṅgā n. soldier, regular troops. t.t.
2952 ṭina [fr. E. tin] var. ṭeṃ; n. tin. t.t.
2218 Tīna-Liṅga-Jaisī n. a Jaisi whose mother was previously married to three other men (cp. Höfer 2004: 89). Among other criteria, Jaisis were hierarchized according to the number of former husbands of the mother (cf. MA-54 115.2–4). t.t.
2083 tirjā n. a certificate empowering jāgiradāras to collect the rent from their land (Adhikari 1984: 357; M.C. Regmi 1978: 164 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1999a: 235). t.t.
2482 tithi [S.] n. lunar day (the increase of the longitudinal angle between the Moon and the Sun by 12°) that lasts between appr. 19 and 26 hours. t.t.
808 toḍā n. 1) a leather bag of money (Adhikari 1984: 358). 2) a bag to keep money. 3) a chain of gold or silver attached around the edge of a pagarī worn by the jāgiradāras during the Rāṇā regime. 4) the money dispatched to the mulukīkhānā by the aḍḍās in the mofussil (Parājulī 2010: 576). t.t.
2763 toka var. tok; n. decision, sanction. t.t.
2764 toka sadara var. toka sadar, tok sadar: a written ratification of a decision, order, sanction or directive; see also toka. t.t.
810 tolā n. a unit of weight and standard measure for gold and silver comprising of 100 or 96 rati, 10 or 12 māsās and being 1/80th of a sera; the actual weight differed according to place and time, as weight of the Bombay or Sicca Rupee between 11.599–11.642; as standardised in 1833 in British India as 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams). t.t.
1488 ṭola [fr. New. tvāḥ/tvāla, Old New. tvāra] n. a quarter of a town or village; a part of a town inhabited by persons often belonging to the same community or caste; the distinguishing feature being a separate shrine of Ganedyaḥ/Gaṇeśa (Pant and Funo 2003). t.t.
2278 topakhānā n. a department dealing with and keeping munitions, started by Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā. It was later on turned into a section (phā̃ṭa) under the Jaṅgī Bandobasta by Candra Śamśera (cf. Agrawal 1976: 66). t.t.
2936 topī var. topi; n. a hat, cap; cap of a cartridge. t.t.
2688 toraṇa / torana var. toraṇ, toran; n. 1) (ornamented) arched gateway. 2) festoon of flowers, leaves and colored cloth hung over gates and on walls on festive occasions. t.t.
1128 tosākhānā var. tośākhāna, tośākhānā; n. royal treasury, state treasury; “central royal treasury, located in Kathmandu in the royal palace“ (Pant and Pierce 1989: 94); "King's household, wardrobe, etc.; also the name of the department of expenditure" (Kumar 1967: 168). See also kausī tosākhānā. t.t.
2993 tripāsā var. trīpāsā; n. a dice. t.t.
2690 ṭukunī var. tukunī; n. a volumetric and weight unit equal to a half mānā. t.t.
2647 tulādhara [S.] n. a Newar Buddhist subcaste of the Urāy. t.t.
2621 tumbā n. kind of calabash. t.t.
2622 tumbī n. vessal for holding water in the shape of a tumbā gourd. t.t.
1937 ṭusāla n. “central office responsible for settlement of land disputes, registration of (Birta) land transactions, demarcation of land boundaries, irrigation, damage to lands by floods and landslides and other functions. It also handled procurement of copper on behalf of the Mint.“ (M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 11): 275 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 229 ). See also ṭusāla dhansāra. t.t.
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