[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) › c8.191 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c8.191 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c8.191 - **Language:** English ### [c8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8.191) māvinda-kkaḍamai (SITI), Tamil, tax payable to the king. melaḍi (SITI), Tamil; taxes paid in kind. melviṭṭiya-vaḍḍāravuḷa, cf. vaḍḍāravuḷa. mel-veṭṭa-pperu (SITI), land set apart for meeting expenses of public works (veṭṭi). meṇi-ppōn (SITI), Tamil; poll-tax; tax on individuals. merai (SITI), Tamil; portion of the crop given at the threshing floor to certain village officers and servants as perquisite. mer-pāḍi-kāval (SITI), Tamil; policing duty over the nāḍu. See nāḍu-kāval. meṭṭu-nilam (SITI), Tamil; ‘high land’; tax payable for the cultivation of such land. miḷagu-taragu (SITI), Tamil; brokerage on pepper trade. monampāṭṭam (SITI), Tamil; a tax of uncertain import. mudarriraman, mudal-tiramam (SITI), Tamil; tax (payable in cash) of uncertain import; tiramam is the coin called dramma (from Greek drachma). mullaḍiśinnam (SII 12; SITI), Tamil; a tax of uncertain import; probably, payment for clue in detection. mūngil-vari (SITI), Tamil; tax on bamboos. muttāvaṇam (SITI), Tamil; a tax probably on the sale of pearls. nāḍu-kāval (SITI), Tamil; ‘policing duty of the nāḍu’; tax payable by the residents in the division for the same. nāḍu-talaiyārikkam (SITI), Tamil; police-tax of the nāḍu; same as nāḍu-kāval. nal-kiḍā, nar-kiḍā (SITI), Tamil; cess for the upkeep of the show-ram; or, tax for show-rams. nall-ērudu (SII 12; SITI), Tamil; cess for the maintenance of a model bull, which was probably also used for breeding purposes; cf. aḷagerudu-kkāśu, kāṭci-ērudu-kkāśu, etc. nall-erumai (SITI), tax for the maintenance of specimen buffaloes. nar-kiḍā (SII 12), a tax. nāṭṭu-kkaṇakku-vari (SITI), Tamil; tax payable for the maintenance of the revenue accounts of the nāḍu or the country as a whole. nāṭu-kkāṇikkai (SITI), Tamil; presents payable to or by the assembly of the nāḍu. - [Previous: c8.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8.190) - [Next: c8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8.192) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c8.191) · Pramāṇa