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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6253

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6253

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### [c6.6253](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6253)

turaṅgama (IE 7-1-2), ‘seven.’ Turiya-janman (EI 24; CII 4), same as Śūdra. Turuka (EI 32), cf. Turaka and Turuṣka. Turuṣka (EI 5, 17, 32), originally, a Turk or a Turkish Muhammadan; later, Muhammadans in general. turuṣka-daṇḍa (HRS; Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, p. 196, Vol. XI, p. 21), name of a tax collected by the Gāhaḍavāla kings from their Muhammadan subjects or for defending their kingdom from Muhammadan attacks; cf. the danegeld in early English history. See andhra-daṇḍa, tiguḷa-daṇḍa, bhoṭṭa-viṣṭi. turya (IE 7-1-2), ‘four.’ Tyāgī-ācārya (IA 19), Jain; an Ācārya who does not permit laxity of observances.

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## Cites (2)

- [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei)
- [Chandrāvatī plate of Chandra-dēva, V.S. 1156](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.gahadavala.chandravati-plate-of-chandra-deva-v-s-1156) — Sanskrit

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