[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) › c6.5255 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5255 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5255 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.5254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5254) - [Next: c6.5256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5256) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5255) · Pramāṇa