History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c20.s1.t3.27

c20.s1.t3.27

(k) *Kumāragadyāṇaka* : an obscure term. It has sometimes been explained as a tax at the rate of so much per *gadyāṇaka* (= 32 *guñja* berries) on behalf of royal princes.⁴ Presumably it was something like modern *nazar* offered to royal personages on ceremonial occasions.