单词 | khalsa |
释义 | khalsan. East India. 1. The revenue department of the government in Indian states; the state exchequer. Also attributive, as khalsa-grain, khalsa-land. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > department managing public money > in Indian States khalsa1776 1776 Trial Conspiracy against W. Hastings 14/1 in Trial J. Fowke I will procure for you the Kallaut of the Aumeen [= Aumil] of the Khalsa. 1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 129 The injunctions on this head from the khalsa, or revenue department, are imperious and strong. 1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 157 The nankar lands of the zemindar, which have..been converted into khalsah lands. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. v. vi. 418 The officers of the khalsa (revenue office). 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India II. liv. 258 The headmen..refused to deliver the khalsa grain. 2. The Sikh community or sect. ΚΠ a1792 G. Forster Journ. Bengal to Eng. (1798) I. xi. 267 (note) The government at large, and their armies, are [by the Sicques] denominated Khalsa, and Khalsajee. 1882 J. Wood tr. A. Barth Relig. India 246 Govind Singh..completed the transformation of the sect, or, as it was henceforth called..the Khâlsâ, ‘the property, the portion (of God)’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1776 |
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