Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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ID Word Notes Type
2693 baṭṭā n. 1) small wooden or metal box. 2) box for keeping make-up, beauty box, vanity case, part of the saubhāgyasāmāna. t.t.
2395 bayāna [A.]. n. 1) description, account; 2) declaration, assertion; 3) witness statement (in a lawsuit). t.t.
2593 bā̃ḍā [Fr. Skt. vandya] n. a caste group among Newars consisting of Śākyas and Vajrācāryas, and are considered inferior to the Śreṣṭhas (MA-54 145.8). t.t.
2383 bā̃ḍā [fr. Skt. vandya] var. bāḍā, vāḍā; n. generic term commonly used by non-Newars to refer to the two highest Buddhist Newar sub-castes, the Śākya and Vajrācārya, who traditionally work as goldsmiths amongst others; the Mulukī Ain groups them below the Śreṣṭhas (MA-54 145.8). t.t.
2701 bā̃ḍā var. bāḍā; n. a Nepalization of the Newari term 'bare', referring exclusively to the Śākyas (cf. Gellner 1992: 66). t.t.
41 bā̃dhā [fr. S. bandhaka] var. bādhā; n. 1) land mortgaged by the state to individuals (M.C. Regmi 1995: 76); (2) a bondsman, a debtor who enters the service of his creditor in default of payment; a non-contract labourer (Adhikari 1984: 345). t.t.
870 bā̃jho adj. (also n.?) barren, uncultivated (land). t.t.
2462 beḍī n. a fee necessary to initiate a trial concerning the recovery of a loan. t.t.
2190 begāra [fr. P.] var. begārī, bigārī; n. 1) a work exacted with no or meager payment. 2) forced and unpaid labor for purposes such as porterage, construction and digging (cf. R. Shaha 1990/vol.1: 207, M.C. Regmi 1978b: 854; cf.: M.C. Regmi 1999: 136). 3) Requisition of labourers for emergency requirement (M.C. Regmi 1965: 53). 4) compulsory porterage services, usually unpaid (cf. Michael 2012: 130). t.t.
2269 bekha var. veṣa; n. a category of birtā grants which were inheritable. t.t.
2490 bela [fr. S. bilva] var. bel; n. the wood apple tree (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa). t.t.
3026 belapatra [bela + S. patra] var. belpatra; n. leave(s) of the wood apple tree (Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa). t.t.
2336 beruju var. berūju; adj. unattested, irregular. t.t.
1949 besī var. baisī; adj. more, superfluous, exceeding (Turner 1931: s.v. besi). t.t.
2191 beṭha [fr. S. viṣṭi] var. beṭh, beṭhi; n. usually written together with 'begāra'; compulsory labour; unpaid labour esp. for farms (cf. R. Shaha 1990/vol.1: 207); exaction of unpaid labour on a customary basis in the hill region, usually for agricultural work (cf. M.C. Regmi 1965: 53, Michael 2012: 130). t.t.
2437 beṭha / beṭhī [fr. S. viṣṭi] var. beṭhi; n. usually written together with another term 'begāra'; 1) A type of unfree labour, generally employed in farms on a customary basis (cf. R. Shaha 1990/vol.1: 207, M.C. Regmi 1965: 53). 2) a tax levied on homesteads in the hill region; the commuted value of beṭha labor (M.C. Regmi 1978: 854). 3) a festival in the planting season (Parājulī et al. VS 2052: s.v.). t.t.
3011 beṭhana [veṣṭana] var. veṭhaṃ; n. piece of cloth for wrapping books etc.; wrapper. t.t.
2065 bhābara n. low-lying land. t.t.
2663 bhābo [new.] var. bhāvo; adj. an indigenous community of the Nepal valley who are involved in agriculture or works related to agriculture. People from all castes who were involved in agriculture were called bhābo. In the past, the Nepal valley was inhabited by two communities: bhāro and bhābo. Persons close to the palace were called bhāro and those who took up agriculture were called bhābo. The term bhābo later was constricted to represent a caste (Mālī NS 1130: 434). (#new#RS) t.t.
879 bhāibhāradāra n. a generic term for a member of the royal family or high-level state functionaries. See also bhāradāra. t.t.
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