Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3078

c6.3078

*Ma* (IE 8-1), abbreviation of *Maṅgala-vāra*, Tuesday. (PJS), abbreviation of *Mahattama*, *Mantrin*, *Mahetā* (meaning ‘a clerk’ or ‘a teacher’ in Gujarātī), etc. (especially in medieval Jain inscriptions). *mā* (IE 8-6; SII 12; SITI), Tamil; a land measure equal to one-twentieth of a *veli*; also the name of a weight. *māḍa* (IE 8-8; EI 7), Telugu; same as Oḍiyā *māḍha* or *māḍhā* and Tamil *māḍai*; a coin of gold or silver; 40 ratis in weight; cf. *biruda-māḍa*, *malla-māḍa*, *mallanandi-māḍa*, *surabhimāḍa, gaṇḍa-māḍa, kuloṭtuṅga-māḍa (EI 29), gandhavāraṇamāḍa (or gandhahasti-māḍa), cāmara-māḍa, uttama-gaṇḍamāḍa, padmanidhi-malla-māḍa, rājarāja-māḍa, rājendracoḷa-māḍa, etc. The gaṇḍa-māḍa is sometimes called kārṣāpaṇa, niṣka and gaṇḍaniṣka and is also characterised in a few cases with the epithet ‘small’. See māḍai, mādha. Note names like kuloṭtuṅga-māḍa, a coin issued by the Coḷa king Kuloṭtuṅga. See JNSI, Vol. XVI, p. 43.