Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3063

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lakṣa-dāna (EI 12), name of a gift. lakṣa-homa (SII 11-1), name of a rite. lakṣaṇa (IA 18), the sexual parts; the male organ; cf. nirlakṣitavya, to be castrated. (CII 1), branding. (SII 3; SITI), a document or deed; an inscription. Lakṣaṇ-ādhyakṣa (HRS), according to the Arthaśāstra, the superintendent of the mint, or royal dues received by the superintendent of the mint. Lākula, also called Lākuleśvara (EI 15), a Śaiva sect following Lakulīśa. Lakuleśvar-āgama (CITD), a form of Śaivism associated with Lakulīśa. Lāḷa-khaṇḍeya-kāṛar-adhiṣṭhāyaka (IE 8-3), Kannada-Sanskrit; ‘superintendent of the revenue from Lāṭa’. lambā-paṭaha (EI 12), a kind of drum. lāñchana (EI 28), an emblem. Cf. cihna. (EI 9), the [royal] emblem; cf. Tamil lāñjanai-ppeṟu, lāñjinai-ppeṟu, ilāñjai-ppeṟu (SITI), the royal seal. (CII 3, etc.), a crest as distinguished from dhvaja or a banner. Cf. cihna. (HA), the distinguishing mark or symbol of a Jina image, which helps one to identify the diffrerent Jinas. lāñchita (EI 29), ‘registered with a seal (lāñchana)’. lāṅgaḍi (LP), a cart or carriage; cf. uchālaka-bhṛta-lāṅgaḍi, ‘a cartful of household furniture’. Laṅka (EI 19), a carpenter; cf. Leṅka, Leṅkā, Buḍhāleṅkā. lapita (CII 1), used in the sense of ukta. la-saṁ (IA 18), abbreviation of lakṣmaṇasena-saṁvatsara, ‘the era of Lakṣmaṇasena’. laṣṭi (CII 4), same as Sanskrit yaṣṭi; a memorial pillar. Lattalūrapura-parameśvara (IE 8-2), a typical title of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas claiming the city of Lattalūra to have been their original home. Similar titles are quite common in the early medieval records especially of the Kannada-speaking area. lauki°, laukika° (IA 18), abbreviation of laukika-gaṇanayā. Laukika-saṁvatsara is a year of the Laukika era. lavalikā (LP), loquacity; cf. Gujarātī lavlav or lavāro. lavaṇa, cf. a-lavaṇa-khātaka (IE 8-5); salt [the production of which was the monopoly of the king or landlord].