[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.292 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.292 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.292 - **Language:** English ### [c10.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.292) AMSHOM, s. Malayāl. amśam, from Skt. amśah, ‘a part,’ defined by Gundert as “part of a Talook, formerly called hobili, greater than a tara.” \[Logan (Man. Malabar, i. 87) speaks of the amsam as a ‘parish.’\] It is further explained in the following quotation:— - [Previous: c10.291](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.291) - [Next: c10.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.293) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.292](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.292) · Pramāṇa