[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) › c6.431 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.431 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.431 - **Language:** English ### [c6.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.430) - [Next: c6.432](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.432) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (3) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.431) · Pramāṇa