Indian Epigraphical Glossary c11: Addenda et Corrigenda

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c11

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Addenda et Corrigenda

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N.B.—Misprints that may be more or less easily corrected by the readers include (1) a few cases of *ṛ* written as *ṛi* (e.g., p. 388—*bhṛta*, p. 393—*tṛṇa*) and *cha* written for *ca* (p. 324, line 3); (2) wrong use of capital and small letters at the beginning of entries meant for indicating persons and objects respectively; (3) entries put away from their proper places (e.g., p. 10—*agahara*, p. 49—*bhamāti* and *Bhāṇaka*, p. 211—*naṅga* and *Nāṇī*, p. 257—*prāstarika-śreṇi*, p. 412—*aradu dogarāca-ppaṇṇu*, p. 433—*jīrṇa-viśvamalla-priya*), and (4) occasional omission of diacritical marks in *ā*, *ĕ*, *ŏ*, *ḍ*, *ṇ*, *ś*, *ṭ*, etc.

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Page 5, line 26—Read—mortgaged

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,, 9— Add—*ādya-stamba*, ‘covered with original shrubs’, i.e. yielding no revenue income, never cultivated.

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,, 11, line 17—Read—*āgrahāyaṇī*

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,, 16— Add—*ā-mā*, abbreviation of *ādya-māṣa* (i.e. the original *māṣa* of 5 *ratis*).

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,, 26, line 27—Read—*Ārakṣ-ādhikṛta*.

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,, 28, line 12—Read—*Arhad-āyatana*.

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,, 35, line 14—Add—Cf. *Bṛhad-aśvavāra*.

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,, ,, line 23—Add—RE XIII of Aśoka seems to speak of the *Aṭavī* or foresters as habitually criminal.

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,, ,, lines 29ff.—Read—*atha-gānī*, a billon coin equal to 8 copper *jitals* and to ⅛ of a silver *ṭaṅka*.

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,, 40, line 26—Add—Cf. also *nivāta*.

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,, 44, line 13—Add—See *vāhyāli*.

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,, 45— Add—*Balisādhaka*, tax-collector (Ghoshal, Ag. Syst., p. 25).

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,, 47, line 35—Add—Cf. *pāga*.

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,, 48, line 13—Add—In *bhoga-bhāga-dhānya-hiraṇya* of the Kurud plates (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXI, p. 264), we have probably to understand *dhānya-hiraṇya* realised as *bhoga-bhāga*.

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,, ,, line 36—Add—See *pagoda*.

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Page 61 line 34—*Ada*—tenure of 1/20 of the revenue of an area granted to the Brāhmaṇas.

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,, 62 — Add—*Bṛhad-aśvavāra*, a cavalry officer (Tripathi, *History of Kanauj*, p. 137).

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,, 64, line 35—*Read*—1/20 of a rupee.

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,, 71, line 8—*Read*—*Cau*.

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,, 77— Add—*daivaka*; see *rājaka-daivaka*.

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,, 80, line 4—*Add*—May also be *Dāṇḍa* (*Dāṇḍanāyaka*) and *Bhogika*.

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,, 88— Add—*deva-hala*, same as *deva-bhoga-hala*; cf. *hala-nyāya*, *bhikṣu-hala*. See *Suc. Sat.*, pp. 84, etc.

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,, 91, line 7—*Add*—*Bhoga-bhāga-dhānya-hiraṇya* of the Kurud plates (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXI, p. 264) probably means *dhānya-hiraṇya* realised as *bhoga-bhāga*.

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,, ,, line 38—*Read*—*dhārā-datta*.

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,, 97— Add—*Digvijayin*, ‘the conqueror of the quarters’ ; title of some rulers conventionally claiming to have conquered the *cakravarti-kṣetra* (q.v.).

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,, ,, line 13—*Add*—It normally means ‘the conquest of the quarters’, conventional claim of a type of Indian rulers.

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,, 101, line 2—*Read*—collection of revenue (cf. *Rājatar.*, VII. 2010)

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,, ,, line 12—*Read*—watch-station for the collection of tolls

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,, ,, line 15—*Read*—*Audraṅgika*.

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,, ,, —*Add*—*dukra*, ⅕ of a *phaḍiyā*.

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,, 111, line 12—*Read*—EI 9.

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,, ,, line 34-35—*Read*—*gāṇī*, cf. *aṭha-gāṇī*, a billon coin equal to 8 copper *jitals* and to 1/16 of a silver *ṭaṅka*.

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,, 115, line 22—*Read*—*ghaṭikā-sthāna*.

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,, 119, line 29—*Read*—*go-yuthi*.

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,, 125 — Add—*hala-nyāya*, custom followed in granting rent-free holdings; same as *brahmadeya-maryādā*, etc.

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Page 129, last line—Add—Also cf. suvarṇa-ādāya, suvarṇa-āya. ,, 131, line 16—Read—indr-āsana. ,, ,, line 28—Add—Cf. Mahābhārata, XII, 103.2:atr=āpy= udāharant=imam=itihāsaṃ purātanam Bṛhaspateś=ca saṃvādam=Indrasya ca Yudhiṣṭhira || ,, 138, line 17—Add—Kaivarta-bhoga and Kaivarta-vṛtti really mean the land enjoyed by the fishermen for their service, e.g., ferrying, supply of fish and boats, etc. ,, 144, line 30—Add—Note that boḍi or voḍi is also the same as Bengali buḍi which is 1/4 of a paṇa and is equal to 20 cowrie-shells. ,, 150, line 31—Add—probably derived from Sanskrit karṣa. ,, ,, line 36—Read—nat-kāśu. ,, 151, line 38—Add—explained as ‘a commander of the elephant force’ (Tripathi, History of Kanauj, p. 137). ,, 158, line Add—keḍāra, coin of the Kiḍāra-Kuṣāṇas (Bhandarkar, Carm. Lect., 1921, p. 205). ,, ,, line 12—Read—kliṇva-kreṇi (for klinna-kreṇi) ,, 164, line 34—Add—Same as Senabova (q. v.). ,, 165, line 6—Read—Kulavārika. ,, 166, line 39—Read—occurs, for—occury. ,, 170— Add—laṅkā, islet in a river (Kākatiyasaṃcika, No. 31). ,, 182, line 18—Read—Pañcāyat board. ,, 190, line 19—Read—IE 8-2 ,, 197, line 6—Read—maṅgalikā. ,, 200, line 5—Read—marīci. ,, 216— Add—Nigrāhaka, tax-collector (Ghoshal, Ag. Syst., p. 25). cf. Koṭṭa-nigraha. ,, 220— Add—nivāta; see s-oṣar-āvaskara-sthāna-nivātalavaṇ-ākara (EI 22); same as āvāta. ,, 228, line 3—Add—The expression pāli-ddhaya in Apabhraṃśa is explained as ‘small flags’ (Bhār. Vid., Vol. XXV, p. 34). ,, 230, line 23—Add—Bengali pāñcālī is a kind of versified composition so called probably because it was originally sung either before the members of the Pañcāyat board or at puppet shows.

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Page 232 Add—pañcāṅgula, impression the palm with outstretched fingers dipped in sandal paste or any such thing; also called Pañcāṅgulika.

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,, 242, line 19—Read—religious teachers.

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,, 244, Add—Pāṭīpati (Tripathi, History of Kanauj, p. 137); cf. Pāṭyuparika.

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,, 245, line 14—Read—IE 8-8.

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,, 256, line 12—Read—Pranapṛka

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,, 257— Add—prasūti-śālā, maternity home (Kākaṭi-yasamcika, No. 31).

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,, 266, line 4—Read—Puraśreṣṭhin.

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,, 268— Add—putra, cf. Kerala-putra, king of the Keralas; Guhila-putra, descendant of Guhila.

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,, 305, lines 3ff.—Read—ṣaṣghānī, billon coin of the Tughluq Sulṭāns, equal to six copper jitals and to 1/8 of a silver ṭaṅka; same as cha-gānī and śaśukāni.

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,, 308, last line—Read—Senaiy-aṅgādikaḷ

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,, 310, line 28—Read—abhyantara-siddhi.

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,, 312— Add—simhakara, ‘lion-tax’ (Ghoshal, HRS, p. 232).

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,, 331, last line—Read—Malik-us-Sair.

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,, 340, line 31—Read—ṭi.

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,, 342, line 3—Read—tithi-śūdhi

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,, ,, line 38—Read—EI 23.

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,, 355— Add—utpratikara, same as apratikara (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIX, p. 54, line 10).

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,, 356— Add—utthāpita, dedicated (E.I., 16, p. 15).

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,, 359, line 1—Read—vahni (IE 7-1-2, EI 33), ‘three’.

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,, ,, line 7—Omit.

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,, 362, line 38—Read—CII 3

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,, 371, line 3—Add—explained as ‘the chief court Pandit’ (Sarma, Reḍḍi Kingdoms, pp. 466-67).

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,, 381— Add—vṛndāvana, see bṛndāvana.

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,, 382— Add—Vyantara, see Yakṣa.

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,, 384— Add—Yāma-ceṭī (Tripathi, History of Kanauj, p. 137), probably, a female attendant to the ghaṭī-yantra (q.v.); cf. Yāmakinī.

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Page 384 — Add—*Yāmakinī*; cf. *Yāma-ceṭī*. ,, 407, line 26—Read—*nidhi-nikṣepa-devāyatan-odyāna*. ,, 411, line 24—Read—*vilaiy-āvaṇam*. ,, 412, line 26—Read—*eraḍu-bilkoḍe*. ,, 415, line 6—Read—*kāṭciy-erudu-kkāśu*. ,, 417, line 1—Read—*magaṇmai*, for—*magaṇamai*. ,, 418, line 16—Read—*mudaṛriramam*. ,, 421, line 9—Read—*pērujuṅka*, for—*pērujuṅka*. ,, 422, line 7—Read—*Caṇḍālas*. ,, 428, line 7—Read—*aḍatālisa-gānī*, billon coin equal to the silver *ṭaṅka* and to 48 copper *jitals*. ,, 429, line 5—Read—*aṭha-gānī*, billon coin equal to 8 *jitals* and to ⅙ of a silver *ṭaṅka*. ,, ,, 13—Read—*bārah-gānī*, billon coin equal to 12 copper *jitals* and to ¼ of the silver *ṭaṅka*. ,, ,, line 33—Read—*caubīsa-gānī*, billon coin equal to 24 copper *jitals* and to ½ of a silver *ṭaṅka*. ,, ,, line 34—Read—*cau-gānī*, billon coin equal to 4 copper *jitals* and to 1/12 of a silver *ṭaṅka*. ,, ,, line 37—Read—*cha-gānī*, billon coin equal to 6 copper *jitals* and to ⅛ of a silver *ṭaṅka*; same as *ṣaṣghānī* and *śāśukānī*. ,, 431, line 9—Read—*do-gānī*, billon coin equal to 2 copper *jitals* and to 1/24 of a silver *ṭaṅka*; same as *du-gānī*. ,, ,, line 29—Read—*du-gānī*, billon coin equal to 2 copper *jitals* and to 1/24 of silver *ṭaṅka*; same as *do-gānī*. ,, 432, line 25—Read—*gānī*, cf. *aṭha-gānī*, billon coin equal to 8 copper *jitals* and to ⅙ of a silver *ṭaṅka*. ,, 439—Add—*ṣaḍ-voḍḍika-dramma* (JUPHS, Vol. XVIII, p. 200), copper *dramma* equal to 6 *voḍḍikas* or 120 cowrie-shells. ,, 440, lines 24-25—Omit—same as *aṭha-gānī* (q.v.).