Indian Epigraphy c16.s6.91

c16.s6.91

In the Tamil inscriptions, mention is made, besides the *Nivartana* or *Paṭṭi* referred to above, of the *Pāḍagam* (Sanskrit *Pāṭaka*) which consisted of 240 *Kuḷis*. But the largest popular unit was the *Veli* which was equal to 6¼ *Pāḍagams* and was divided into smaller units like *Mā* (1/20 of a *Veli*), *Kāṇi* (1/80 of a *Veli*; cf. *Mukkāṇi*=3 *Kanis*, *Araikkāṇi*=½ of a *Kāṇi*, etc.), *Muntirigai* (1/320 of a *Veli*), etc.¹ A number of other land measures, found especially in medieval records, are mentioned in our *Glossary*.