Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6806

c6.6806

*Cf. veṭṭi* (SITI), unpaid labour for public works in the village without time or other limits; usually mentioned along with *vetana* as *veṭṭi-vetanai*. *Cf. veṭṭi-coṟu*, the obligation of feeding *veṭṭi* labourers free of cost; also *cf.* Tamil *veṭṭi-pāṭṭam* (EI 24), explained as ‘a kind of tax’; tax in lieu of *viṣṭi*.