Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6331

c6.6331

*unmara* (EI 30), Sanskritised form of Prakrit *ummara* (cf. *umbara*); threshold. Merchants, who were often absent from home for a long time, were sometimes made free from *unmara-bheda* (entry into their house) by royal officers probably because they paid their dues on their return from business tours. Cf. *prātibhedikā*.