Administrative System of the Marathas c28.2

c28.2

Abhayapatra—a paper promising security or impunity. Abhiṣeka—literally ceremonial ablution, coronation. Apṭā—a tree, *Bauhinia tomentosa*, for the origin of apṭā worship, see Valentia, Vol. II. Bāgāyat or bāgāit—ground planted with fruit-tree or vegetables. Bakhśīsnāmā—a deed of gift. Bhārgava Rām—an incarnation of Viṣṇu who exterminated the fighting race for no less than twenty-one times. Bāzār—a market. Belbhanḍhār—a solemn oath on leaves of Bel-tree and turmeric. On one occasion even such an oath was dismissed as of little consequence by a Maratha Chief with the sarcastic remark that *bel* was but the leaf of a common tree and *bhanḍhār* he ate every day. Berāḍ—a class of professional robbers, otherwise called Rāmośī. Bhanḍārā—a feast given to the Gosāvis or the Bairāgis. Bhusār—a generic term for the cereals, the grasses and the esculent culms. Chāmbhār—a shoe-maker or skin-dresser. Dānpatra—a deed of gift. Darakhdār—a holder of a hereditary public office especially Diwān, Mazumdār, Faḍnis, Sabnis, Karkhānnis, Chiṭnis, Jāmdār and Potnis.