Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.431

c6.431

(SII 2), the arch of an aureola. *ardha-jā(yā)ma* (SII 13), midnight; midnight service in a temple; cf. *ardhajāma-ppuram* (SITI), Sanskrit-Tamil; land set apart for conducting the midnight worship in temples. *ardha-kākinī* (CII 4), the half of a *kākinī*; name of a coin. *ardha-namasya-vrtti* (IE 8-5); see *namasya-vrtti*; a gift land, taxed at half of the normal rate; cf. *pannāsa*. *Ardhanārīśvara* (CII 4), a form of Śiva, in which the bodies of Śiva and Pārvatī are combined into one. *Ardha-nauvāṭaka* (EI 28), official designation; mentioned together with *Nauvāṭaka* probably in the sense of an officer in command of half of a fleet. *ardhāngī* (SITI), wife. *ardha-puruṣārika* (CII 4), name of a tax. *ardha-sīrika* (EI 9), same as *ārdhika*. *ardha-srotikā* (EI 4), probably, a small stream or half of a river bed. *ardha-tr̥tīya* (CII 1), two and a half. *ārdhika* (EI 9), a cultivator who tills other’s lands and gets half the crop as his share. Cf. Prakrit *addhika* (EI 1), a slave. *ardhodaya* (EI 5), the new-moon *tithi* falling on a Sunday when, during day time, the nakṣatra is Śravaṇā and the yoga Vyatīpāta.