Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5255

c6.5255

(CII 3, 4), abbreviation of the word *saṃvatsara*, a year, or of its declensional cases that can be used in expressing a date. *Saṃ* (PJS), also written *Saṃgha*; contraction of *Saṃghavī* or *Saṃghapati* in medieval Jain inscriptions; same as the modern Jain family name *Siṃghī*. *sāṃ* (IE 8-1; LP), abbreviation of *sāṃvatsarika*, annual. See *sāṃ-hi*. *śam* (ML) ‘to prevent’. *sama*, cf. *sam-ālindakam* (LP), ‘with a terrace in front of the door.’ *samācarya* (CII 1), impartiality. *samādhi* (CII 4), poetic quality of a composition. (EI 33), explained as a ‘granary’; probably ‘an agreement’. Cf. *sallekhanā*.