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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3736

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3736

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### [c6.3736](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3736)

murā (EI 33), a measure of capacity; cf. muraka. muraka (EI 9), a measure; cf. murā. mūrti (IE 7-1-2), ‘three’; rarely used to indicate ‘eight’; but cf. rūpa used in the sense of ‘one’. Muruṇḍa (EI 14, 19), Śaka title of a chief; a title or tribal name; supposed to be derived from a Scythian word meaning ‘a king’. Mūsara-vāru (CITD), Telugu; probably, goldsmiths or manufacturers of metallic objects. muṣṭi (IE 8-6), a handful. Cf. eka-muṣṭyā (LP), ‘at the same time’. muṭaka, mūṭaka (IE 8-5; EI 25), a measure or head-load; cf. caṇā-satka-mūṭaka, ‘one mūṭaka of peas’ (LP). See Ep. Ind., Vol. XV, p. 303, text line 50; cf. moṭ (a load) in Hindī and other dialects. mūṭaka (LP), same as mūḍā, a measure of capacity equal to a hundred or twentyfour maunds; a bullock’s load (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, p. 309; cf. Marāṭhī mūṭh, ‘a bullock’s pack-saddle’). mu-ṭī, abbreviation of an expression probably meaning ‘a mound covered with jungle’ (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXX, p. 56). mutirigai (IE 8-6), Tamil; a small land measure equal to 1/320 of a veli. mutkalanīya (LP), ‘may be sent’; cf. Gujarātī mokalavuṁ. muttāvaraṇa (EI 21), name of a tax. Muṭuḍa (EI 27), also spelt as Muḍuḍa, Muḷuḍa; probably, the headman of a village.

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