Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.576

c6.576

*Audayantrika* (LL), cf. Prakrit *Odayantrika* (EI 8); the maker of hydraulic machines or the person owning or working on such a machine. *Audraṅgika* (IE 8-3; EI 23), collector of the *udraṅga* tax meaning ‘tax on permanent tenants or the principal tax’; sometimes mentioned side by side with the *Hiraṇyasāmudāyika* or the collector of tax in cash. See *Ṣaṣṭh-ādhikṛta*, *Dhruvasthān-ādhikaraṇika*, etc.