The Rashtrakutas and their Times c14.26

c14.26

With reference to the theory that grāma in our inscriptions means an estate and not a village, it has to be confessed that the arguments adduced to support it do not bear close examination. The passage quoted from Abhidhānarājendra does not mean that in the remotest period of Indian history the word grāma was used in ten different meanings, viz. (1) cows (gāvaḥ); (2) grass (triṇāni); (3) boundaries (sīmā); (4) pleasure-gardens (ārāma); (5) well (udapāna); (6) servants (cheṭa); (7) fences (bahiḥ); (8) temple (devakula); (9) an estate (avagraha); (10) owner (adhipati). (17) A glance at the commentary, relevant passages from which are quoted below, (18) will show that the word never conveyed such