TIL

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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Contents of this file: gāma | gāma-khetta | gāma-sīma |

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gā-ma

gāma

{ga-ma.}

PTS p249 -- [Vedic grāma, heap, collection, parish]
a collection of houses, a hamlet, a habitable place (opp. arañña), a parish or village having boundaries and district from the surrounding country. In size varying, but small and distinguishe from a nigama , a market town. It is the smallest in the list of settlements making up a "state" (raṭṭhaŋ).
gāma kathā -- village talk, gossip about village affairs
gāma dārakā -- (pl.) the youngsters of the village
gāma dārikā -- f. the girls of the village
gāma bhojaka -- the village headman

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gāma-khetta

{ga-ma. hkit~ta.}

UMK-USL p35
n. area falling within a village headman's jurisdiction

PTS p238
khet-ta -- 1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site.

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p36

gāma-sīma

{ga-ma. thi-ma.}

UMK-USL p36
n. boundary demarcating the extent of a village headman's jurisdiction

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