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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5135

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5135

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### [c6.5135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5135)

\*rohaṇa\* (SITI), function performed at the commencement of a festival. \*rohī\* (IA 11), Pañjābī; uplands. \*roka\* (Chamba), cash. See \*rūka\* under \*rū\*. \*ṛṣi\* (IE 7-1-2), ‘seven’. \*ṛtu\* (EI 7-1-2), ‘six’. \*rū\* (IE 8-1), abbreviation of \*rūpaka\* or \*rūpyaka\*. (CITD), abbreviation of Telugu \*rūka\* meaning ‘cash’ and probably derived from Sanskrit \*rūpaka\*. \*rūḍhabhāraḍi\* (HRS), system of forced carriage of loads as indicated by the \*Rājatarangiṇī\*. Cf. \*prayāṇa-daṇḍa\*. \*rudhira\*, cf. Tamil \*udira-paṭṭi\* (SITI), literally, ‘blood-land;’ land given to the descendants of a person who fell fighting on the king’s behalf; see also \*rakta-mānya\*, \*mṛtyuka-vṛtti\*, \*rakta-paṭṭaka\* and \*vīra-śeṣā\*.

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## Cites (1)

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