Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.196

c6.196

agrika-pāyā (LP), original foundation; cf. Gujarātī pāyā, foundation. Agronomoi (IE 8-3), Greek; probably the same as Rajjuka. āhaḍa (EI 1), probably, a quarry. Ahamvīra, see Amīra. Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXIV, p. 178. ahan (CII 3), ‘a day’; used to denote the solar, or more properly civil, day. āhāra (IE 8-4; EI 27; CII 1, 3, 4), a district; cf. āharaṇī. Cf. grām-āhāra (IE 8-4), a group of villages. (IA 17), cf. s-āhāra in Buddhist literature explained as sa-janapada. Āhāra= [land for] food; cf. bhoga. āharaṇī (IE 8-4; EI 16), a district or its subdivision; cf. Hastakavapr-āharaṇī (Ep. Ind., Vol. XI, p. 109); also cf. āhāra. āhāra-viṣaya (IE 8-4), originally an āhāra, but later a viṣaya; cf. Kheṭak-āhāra-viṣaya. āhavanīya (EI 32), the sacred fire. ahi (IE 7-1-2), ‘eight’. ahi-daṇḍa (IE 8-5; EI 12, 28, 33), professional tax levied from snake-charmers or levy for their maintenance. aidūka, same as eḍūka (q.v.). airāvata (IE 7-1-2), ‘one’; sometimes hastin, etc., are used in this sense though they really mean ‘seven’. aiśvary-āṣṭaka (EI 33), same as aṣṭa-bhoga (q. v.). aitada (EI 28), derived from etad. ājīvaka-kāsu (SITI), same as Tamil āśuva-kkāśu, āśuvikaḷ-kāśu, āśuva-kkaḍamai; tax payable by Ājīvakas or for the maintenance of Ājīvaka monks.