Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.156

c6.156

*āditya* (IE 8-2; EI 33), ending of royal titles like Vikramā- ditya, Kramāditya, Mahendrāditya, etc., probably popularised by the Imperial Guptas in the fourth century A.D. (IE 7-1-2), ‘twelve’. āditya-kāca (EI 32), probably, the jewel called sūryakānta. ādivarāha-dramma (EI 30; CII 4), name of a coin (dramma) styled after Ādivarāha, i.e. Pratihāra Bhoja I (c. 836-85 A.D.). adri (IE 7-1-2; EI 25), ‘seven’. ādvaliśa (IA 17), or dvaliśa; regarded as a word of doubtful meaning; but really, a geographical name. ādya-māṣa, the original māṣa 5 ratis in weight, later its weight being regarded as 6, 7 or 10 ratis (JNSI, Vol. XV, p. 139). See māṣa. aga (IE 7-1-2), ‘seven’. (SII 3), earth or land. āgama (SII 1), a doctrine; cf. Lākul-āgama (EI 32), the doctrine of Lakula (Lakulīśa). Cf. āgama-samaya. Cf. s-āgama-nirgama-praveśa (IE 8-5), ‘together with approaches, ingress and egress’. āgama-nigama-dāna (LP), tax for importing and exporting. agamārga (SITI), a variety of dance performed in the presence of the gods in temples. āgama-samaya, cf. Lākul-āgama-samaya (EI 32), the tenets of Lakula’s doctrine. āgāmin (IE 8-5; EI 19; SITI), future income, future benefits; one of the 8 kinds of rights in the property; cf. aṣṭa-bhoga. agara (EI 19), a corrupt form of agrahāra, often noticed in Tamil inscriptions. agara-brahmadeya (SITI), village granted to Brāhmaṇas; also called agara (agrahāra) and brahmadeya. See agara. agara-pparru (SITI), Tamil; same as agara or agrahāra; land granted to Brāhmaṇas. Agasāli (EI 28), a goldsmith; same as Akṣaśālin. āghāṭa (EI 16), boundary; cf. āghāṭana, āghāṭī. āghāṭana (Ep. Ind., Vol. XII, p. 264, text line 42), same as āghāṭa, boundary; see also āghāṭī. āghāṭī (EI 23), same as āghāṭa; boundary; see also āghāṭana. aghoṣa (IE 7-1-2), ‘thirteen’ [being the number of surds in the Sanskrit alphabet]. agni (IE 7-1-2), ‘three’.