[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.177 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.177 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.177 - **Language:** English ### [c6.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.176) - [Next: c6.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.178) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.177) · Pramāṇa