[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) › c6.5136 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5136 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5136 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5136) \*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. - [Previous: c6.5135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5135) - [Next: c6.5137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5137) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5136) · Pramāṇa