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Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal
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2429 bhaiyāta / bhaiyāda var. bhayāda; also bhāi-bhayāda; n. agnatic kin. t.t.
2382 bhajana [S.] n. lit. "the act of sharing, partaking." 1) praising a revered being, such as a deity or a guru, by singing devotional hymns or songs. 2) devotional hymn or song for praising a revered being, such as a deity or a guru. t.t.
2919 bhālā [S. bhalla] n. spear, pike, lance. t.t.
2056 bhalā mānisa var. bhālā mānīsa; n. local notable, respected person; see also bhalādmī. t.t.
1582 bhalādamī var. bhalā ādamī, bhalādmī; n. lit. a gentleman; local prominent person (Karmacharya 2001: 320), local notable; see also bhalā mānisa. t.t.
2311 bhāṅa / bhā̃ga var. bhāṃga, bhāṅga; n. edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica Lam.). t.t.
2172 bhaṇḍārā n. a meal provided for ascetics. t.t.
1921 bhaṇḍāra n. temple treasure or store (M.C. Regmi 1978: 854). t.t.
1929 bhaṇḍāranāike var. bhaḍāranāikyā; n. head of the treasury (bhaṇḍāra) of a temple. t.t.
2350 bhaṇḍārī [bhaṇḍāgarika-] var. bhaṃḍārī; n. 1) supervisor of a storehouse; 2) treasurer; 3) cook. t.t.
2071 bhañjyāṅga var. bhaṃjyāṃ; n. a mountain pass. t.t.
2356 bhansāra [fr. S. bhāṇḍaśālā] var. bhaṃsāra; n. 1) office for collecting custom duties; 2) „customs duties“ (Pant and Pierce 1989: 93 ). t.t.
2357 bhansārī n. costums officer appointed to the bhansāra. t.t.
1822 bhāradāra / bhārādāra n. lit. "burden bearer"; a generic term for high-level functionaries (M.R. Pant 2002: 131); courtiers (cf. Adhikari 1984: 346; cf.: Kumar 1967: 164 ; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 183 ; M.C. Regmi 1978: 854 ; M.C. Regmi 1999: 136; M.C. Regmi 2002: 297; M.C. Regmi 1978: 225; Whelpton 2005: 25). According to Michael 2012: 130 the term denotes "top ranking posts such as chautariya, kaji, sardar, khardar, karpardar and khanjanchi". See also bhāibhārādāra. t.t.
1899 bhāradāra / bhārādāra var. bhārā n. lit. "burden bearer"; a generic term for high-level functionaries and courtiers. t.t.
1150 bhāro [new.] var. bhārha; adj. venerable, respectable, Lord. n. 1) a term of address for the nobility in Medieval Nepal Valley (Malla 2000: 353). 2) member of the rural nobility in the medieval Kathmandu Valley (Whelpton 2005: 259) (#new#RS) t.t.
2384 bharpāī n. receipt. t.t.
2385 bharpāīdādai phrase to formally mark the beginning of a receipt. t.t.
2251 bhāṭa n. According to the Mulukī Ain (MA-54 Ed. 1 115.4 and 151.6), offspring born of a Brahmin man to a concubine Upādhyāya or Jaisī woman who is not his relative and who has been married to two husbands before, or offspring born of an Upādhyāya or Jaisī Brahmin to a concubine girl or widow who belongs to a Daśanāmī, Jogī, Jaṇgama, Sannyāsī, Sevaḍā, Kānaphaṭṭā, Vairāgī ascetics or the like are classified as Bhāṭas. The NBŚ’s classification of Bhāṭas slightly differs from the MA: offspring born of a Brahmin man to a Sannyāsī woman, or born of a Tīna-Liṅga-Jaisī to a Jaisī woman from the same caste or from a caste of Khasa-Kṣatriyas are categorized as Bhātas. t.t.
1867 bhatāhā n. a fellow caste member who is permitted to enter into kitchen and eat cooked rice together. t.t.
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