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Glossary
Khoh C.P. Inscription of Saṃkṣobha (529 A.D.) sāṣṭadaśāṭavīrājyabhyantaraṁ ḍadbhālā rājyaṁ...(line 8).
and the Kanas Plate of Loka vigraha (Ep. Ind.
XXXVIII, p. 331) tosalyāṁ sāṣṭādaśāṭavīrājyāyāṁ
(vide D.C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 395).
we find references to 18 Aṭavīrājyas.
ATI-SANDHI--If a certain treaty (Sandhi) results
in a greater gain of wealth (Hiraṇya) land
(Bhūmi), etc. than anticipated in time of the
mutual agreement, the treaty is called an Ati-
sandhi. (AS' VII.9).
ATYAYA--A fine or penalty. It is one of the seven
Āyamukhas or sources of royal income (AS' II. 6).
Such a fine is often realised in the form of a
deduction of pay and other emoluments of state
employees. (See the expression Atyayasthāna
in AS' II.32)
ADHIKĀRI MAHATTARA(S)--see Mahattarā-
dhikārins.
ADHIPĀLA--A registrar of pledges or mortgages
(AS' III.12).
ADHIRĀJA--A King with supremacy over a
number of feudatories. (cf. Basham, The
Wonder that was India, p. 94).
ADHIVINNĀ--A woman whose husband marries
a second wife. (Yājñavalkya, I. 73, 74; Manu
Saṁ IX. 83; AS' III.2).
ADHIVEDANAM--Marrying of a second wife in
presence of the earlier wife. cf. adhivedanaṁ
bhāryāntaraparigrahaḥ (Mitakṣarā on Yājña-
valkyasmṛti I.73).
Khoh C.P. Inscription of Saṃkṣobha (529 A.D.) sāṣṭadaśāṭavīrājyabhyantaraṁ ḍadbhālā rājyaṁ...(line 8).
and the Kanas Plate of Loka vigraha (Ep. Ind.
XXXVIII, p. 331) tosalyāṁ sāṣṭādaśāṭavīrājyāyāṁ
(vide D.C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 395).
we find references to 18 Aṭavīrājyas.
ATI-SANDHI--If a certain treaty (Sandhi) results
in a greater gain of wealth (Hiraṇya) land
(Bhūmi), etc. than anticipated in time of the
mutual agreement, the treaty is called an Ati-
sandhi. (AS' VII.9).
ATYAYA--A fine or penalty. It is one of the seven
Āyamukhas or sources of royal income (AS' II. 6).
Such a fine is often realised in the form of a
deduction of pay and other emoluments of state
employees. (See the expression Atyayasthāna
in AS' II.32)
ADHIKĀRI MAHATTARA(S)--see Mahattarā-
dhikārins.
ADHIPĀLA--A registrar of pledges or mortgages
(AS' III.12).
ADHIRĀJA--A King with supremacy over a
number of feudatories. (cf. Basham, The
Wonder that was India, p. 94).
ADHIVINNĀ--A woman whose husband marries
a second wife. (Yājñavalkya, I. 73, 74; Manu
Saṁ IX. 83; AS' III.2).
ADHIVEDANAM--Marrying of a second wife in
presence of the earlier wife. cf. adhivedanaṁ
bhāryāntaraparigrahaḥ (Mitakṣarā on Yājña-
valkyasmṛti I.73).