[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) › c6.4839 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4839 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4839 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4839) \*prayāṇa-daṇḍa\* (IE 8-5; EI 25, 26), cf. \*rājasevakānāṁ vasati-daṇḍa-prayāṇa-daṇḍau na staḥ\*; refers to the obligation of the villagers to provide free conveyance and carriage, etc., when royal officers passed through their village. \*Prayāṇa\* thus seems to mean ‘passage, transit’, and \*daṇḍa\* ‘levy’; cf. \*rūḍhabhāroḍi\*. - [Previous: c6.4838](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4838) - [Next: c6.4840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4840) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4839) · Pramāṇa