[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) › c6.5658 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5658 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5658 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5658](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.5657](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5657) - [Next: c6.5659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5659) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5658](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5658) · Pramāṇa