Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c8.s3.t8.12

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Sanskrit inscriptions (like those in other languages) contain a large number of words which are rarely or, quite often, never attested in nonepigraphic Sanskrit. The majority of this vocabulary consists of technical terms, typically connected with such matters as agriculture, weights and measures, coinage and currency, revenues and taxation, local and territorial administration, and various other official terms and titles.⁶⁴ Also included in this category are abbreviations of technical and other terms (see 2.5.2.3). The definitive collection