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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.358

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.358

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### [c6.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.358)

\*aṅjuvaṇṇam\* (SITI; EI 35), Tamil; Sanskrit \*pañca-varṇa\*; the five artisan classes; called \*hañjamāna\* in Kannaḍa inscriptions; sometimes regarded as a form of Persian \*anjuman\*.

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