Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c7.23

c7.23

(e) In ancient and mediaeval times the temples, choultries and other public institutions collected from the people some money for their maintenance and upkeep. Under such a head can be grouped the following taxes: *magamai*²⁴ (contribution formerly levied on merchants and cultivators for a temple now given optionally), *piḍārivari*²⁵ (a contribution to the temple of the village goddess,) *vibhūti kānikkai*²⁶ which was collected by the state, *āḍi paccai* and *kārttigai paccai*,²⁷ *kārttigai kānikkai*²⁸ and the *tiruppuḍiyīḍu*²⁹ (holy first fruits) and *prasāda kānikkai*.³⁰