[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) › c6.5656 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5656 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5656 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5656) \*siddha-sthāna\* (EI 22), the place sanctified by a holy man. \*siddh-āya\* (EI 23; SII 11-2; ASLV), fixed income; regular income; same as Tamil \*sidd-āyam\*, sometimes explained as ‘a tax’ (EI 27); probably, agricultural income. (SITI), a fixed assessment; minor taxes; minor taxes payable in cash in the days of the Vijayanagara kings; also written in Tamil as \*sidd-āyam\*, \*sitt-āyam\*. See \*pratiṣiddh-āya\*. \*siddh-āyatana\* (EI 33), cf. \*pūrva-siddh-āyatana\* (Buddhist); temple associated with a Siddha. - [Previous: c6.5655](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5655) - [Next: c6.5657](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5657) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5656](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5656) · Pramāṇa