Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.177

c6.177

*agrahāra* (IE 8-4; EI 30; CII 4; SII 1; HRS; Chamba), rent-free land given to Brāhmaṇas; a rent-free village; a Brāhmaṇa village; sometimes suffixed to names of localities especially in South India. It was primarily, ‘a rent-free village in the possession of Brāhmaṇas’; but there are occasional references to *dev-agrahāra* (rent-free holding in the possession of a deity), *vaiśy-agrahāra* (rent-free holding in the possession of the Vaiśyas), etc.; sometimes spelt *agrahāra* (CII 3). See *mah-agrahāra*, *brahmapurī*, *caturvedi-maṅgala*, etc.; also *aṅga-bhoga*.