Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c26.35

v4.c26.35

The village resided in by learned brāhmaṇas is called a maṅgala or an agrahāra. The place which has a mixed population of brāhmaṇas and other castes is said to be grāma. The place where a rich landlord lives with only his tenants and dependants is called a kuṭika or an ēkabhōga; (kuṭika is a Tamil word, kuḍi, rendered thus in Sanskrit). That portion of a pura (town) which is inhabited by brāhmaṇas and surrounded by their gardens is called a kharvaṭa. A place full of trading population of all classes and is visited by maritime people of other nations and is situated on the sea-coast is called a paṭṭaṇa. The suburb in a vana (forest) or rājya solely inhabited by Śūdras is called a kaṇṭaka, khēṭaka or grāma. The capital of a subordinate chief is called a śibira and the town where the elephants and horses of the king are stationed is a sēnasthāna and that where the king lives and has a large population of all classes, and is provided with many secret passages is called a sēnāmukha. That portion of a town where travellers and sannyāsins are fed and lodged is called a maṭha. The town where large military forces are stationed is a vidyāsthāna; if the latter has in it the palace of the king also, it goes by the name of rājadhāni. Those places which adjoin grāmas, etc., are known by the names of kubja (Tam. kuppam) and chērika (Tam. chēri). The quarters occupied by weavers in a grāma, etc., is a nagari.