Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3475

c6.3475

(IE 8-4), sometimes mentioned as bigger than a *viṣaya* and sometimes smaller than it; sometimes a *viṣaya* was included in a *maṇḍala*, but sometimes a *maṇḍala* was included in a *viṣaya*; sometimes *maṇḍala* and *viṣaya* are identical; sometimes a *maṇḍala* was smaller than the *vīthī* or subdivision.