Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.19

c16.s6.19

² Telugu inscriptions sometimes refer to *Nivartana* as the same as *Maruturu* (P. Sreenivasachar, *Corp. Ins. Tel. Dist.*, pp. 206-08). On the strength of the Kasakudi plates, Hultzsch points out that ‘the Sanskrit *Nivartana* (40,000 square *hastas*) and the Tamil *Paṭṭi* (a measure of land sufficient for a sheep-fold) are synonymous’ (*SII*, Vol. II, p. 350, note 12). Medieval Kannaḍa records also often mention the *Nivartana* as the same as *Mattar* or *Mattaru* (Telugu *Maruturu*). See *SII*, Vol. XI, Part ii, No. 136, text lines 52 and 56.