Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.359

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c6.359

*aṅka* (IA 19), a name, appellation or *biruda*. (IE 7-1-12; CII 4), ‘nine’. *Cf. aṅke*, *aṅkena*, *aṅkataḥ* (IA 15), ‘in figures’. *Cf. aṅka*, abbreviation of Telugu-Kannaḍa *aṅkakāra*; same as Sanskrit *gaṇḍa* (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXIV, p. 270), ‘a hero, champion or warrior’. See *aṅkakāra*.

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