Desa, in Hindu geography, denotes the 56 divisions of their country Bharatkhanda, 192 Desali, or Kamin, an officer of government, 102, 105, 113 Deva Dharma Raja, title of the prince of Bhotan, 56, 119, 120, 121, 122 Devatas, deities of an inferior rank, 32 Devi, Bhawani, Guhyiswari, Mahamaia, Parwati, Sakti, or Tulasi, a goddess, spouse of Siva, 193, 204, 310, 312 Devighat, or, according to Colonel Kirkpatrick, Daibyghaut, a town and place of pilgrimage, 193 Devikot mountain, 205 Dewan, chief minister of finance, 2, 148, 149, 150 Dewapatun, a town, 209, 212 Dewghat, a town and place of pilgrimage, 185 Dhaka, a town in Bengal, 212 Dhama, the holy land of Nepal, 192 Dhana, gifts for the remission of sins, 219 Dhangphiya, a bird, see Phasianus Dharma, a territory and passage among the snowy mountains, 276, 280, 293, 298 Dharm’Adikar, or Chancelor, a high officer of law, 102, 103, 105, 114 Dharma Prakas, chief of Sirmaur, 304 Dharmapur, one of the twelve lordships, 306 Dharni, a weight, 216 Dhayabung, a town, 194 Dherna, a manner of recovering debt, 104 Dhewar, a tribe, 21 Dhimsa, a village, 194 Dhor, a lordship, 238, 239, 241 Dhoral, the castle of the chiefs of Malebum, 271 Dhui, a tribe of Newars, 36 Dhunchi, a village, 194 Dhupi, a tree, see Juniperus Dhurkot, a lordship, 238, 240, 263, 266 Dilli, Mogul kings of, 299, 301, 303, 311, 312 Dimali, a tribe, see Mech Dimali, a mart, see Siumali Dimba Ray, chief of Malebum, 270 Dinajpur, a district, formerly Matsya, 7 Dip Chandra, a chief of Kumau, 294 Dipal, a town, 282 Diseases, 71 Ditha, a minister of justice, 105 Dolichos Mungo, Muk and Mugy May, or Mung, a grain, 227 Dolichos Soia, Gya, Bhotmas, or Musa, 228 Domestics, 234 Dress or clothing, 232 Drugs, 74, 85, 285 Duck, a bird, 223 Dudhkunda, a mart in Thibet, 166 Duhalde’s account of China, 289 Dun, a large valley in the hilly region, 68, 313 Dun, a territory in Garhawal, 299, 301, 303 Dun, a territory west from the Satrudra, 313 Dungoda, a mineral concretion, 81 Durbar, a term adopted from the Muhammedans for the Raja’s court, 108 ; see Rajdani Duti, a lordship, 279, 282, 287, 292, 293 Duties on adultery, see Adultery on birds, see Chiriyamabal on boats, 163 on catechu, see Khayersal on concubines, see Sagora on goods imported, see Custom-house on marriage, see Bihadani on timber, see Kathmahal Duyariya, chief and magistrate of a small extent of territory, 149, 150 ELEPHANT, 63, 66, 218 Eleusine, a grain, see Cynosurus Emodus mountain, see Himaliya Ervum Lens, Mosu, or Mosuri, a grain, 228, 284 Erythrina monosperma, or Palas tree, 63 Establishment of civil government, 149, etc. 155, 162 Establishment, military, see Military Estates, landed, management of, 220 Europeans, 246, 300 FAGARA, a kind called Tinmue or Taizbul, 84 Fairs or Melas at Devighat, 193, at Dudhkunda, 165,