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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).