[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) › c6.359 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.359 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.359 - **Language:** English ### [c6.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.358) - [Next: c6.360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.360) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.359) · Pramāṇa