Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.235

c6.235

akṣara, cf. hast-ākṣarāṇi (LP), a deed for borrowing money; also kṛṣṇ-ākṣarāṇi (LP), the record containing a censure; also ujjval-ākṣarāṇi (LP), a certificate of good conduct; also viśuddh-ākṣarāṇi (LP), an acknowledgement. Cf. uttar-ākṣarāṇi (LP), same as Marāṭhī utarāī; probably, a deed by which land is given at a favourable rent to merchants, etc., who helped the government with money.