Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5136

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*Rudra* (SITI), a Śaiva devotee. *rudra* (IE 7-1-2), ‘eleven’. *rudradāmaka*, ‘silver coin (*kārṣāpaṇa*) issued by Rudradāman’; name of the silver coins issued by the Śaka rulers of Western India (*JNSI*, Vol. XIII, pp. 1 7 ff.). *Rudra-gaṇa* (SITI), devotees of Śiva, their managing committee looking after the affairs of a Śiva temple and being known as *Rudragaṇa-pperumakkaḷ*. *Rudra-gaṇikā* (SITI), a dancing woman attached to a Śiva temple; a *devadāsī* serving in a Śiva temple. *Rudra-māheśvara* (SITI; ASLV), the two classes of Śaiva devotees, known as the Rudras and Māheśvaras; designation of the authorities of a Śiva temple.