Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.299
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.299
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v2.c26.s2.299
Kāniyātchi, Kānātchi, Kātchi. Tam. K. [From Kani (=property, possession, right of possession, hereditary right) and ātchi (=power or domination)] (a) That which is held in free and hereditaty property. (b) hereditary right to lands, fees of office, or perquisites, held by members of village communities or by village officers, in the Tamil country, equivalent to the Arabic term mirāsi, used likewise in that part of India (W. p. 258).