Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.355
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.355
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v2.c26.s2.355
*Meda-dere*, K. Tel. Tam. Tax on basket-makers. From *Mēda*, a caste occupied in cutting and selling bamboo or making or mending bamboo baskets. *Mēdi* or *mēḍi* also means the part of the handle which is joined to the plough. (*E. C.* IV, Hn. 137, p. 272; *W.*, p. 338).