Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5658

c6.5658

*śīghra-likhita*, a document written in a quick hand or cursive characters (*SII*, Vol. XI, Part i, p. 29, No. 42). *siglos* (IE 8-8), name of the old silver coin of the Persians (86.45 grains or 5.6 grammes). *sikavaṇa* (EI 27), name of a tax. *śikhara* (SITI; CITD), top portion of the turret built over the main shrine and the gateway of a temple; the top of the *gopura* or *vimāna* of a temple. *śikhin* (IE 7-1-2), ‘three’. *śilā* (IA 23), [an inscription on] stone. *śilā-gṛha* (EI 22), a stone mansion. *śilā-guṇṭha* (EI 12), Sanskrit-Telugu; a pond with a demarcation stone. *śilā-karmānta* (LL), stone-work. *Śilā-kūṭa* (EI 1), a stone-cutter; cf. *Śilā-kuṭṭa*. *Śilā-kuṭṭa* (IA 15), a stone-cutter; cf. *Śilā-kūṭa*.