[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) › c6.3078 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3078 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3078 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3078](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.3077](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3077) - [Next: c6.3079](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3079) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3078](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3078) · Pramāṇa