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CHAPTER X. GLOSSARY OF JUDICIAL AND REVENUE TERMS. (IncLupine Worps occURRING IN OFFICIAL Documents). Populous ; cultivated. Revenue derived from duties levied on the manufacture and sale of inebriating Hquors, and on intoxicating drags; excise. Achkat vs The total area of land attached to a village. ‘When applied to irrigation, it means the total extent of land capable of being irrigated by any particular irrigational work. Acreage contribution... The contribution per acre of land to be paid to Government by all the holders of lands under tanks or other irrigational works, repaired, restored or constructed at Government cost. Abia Abxari Aday Baki Arrears of previons year. Adava Mortgage with or without possession; deposit. Kabira = Security; pledge ; recognizance; bail; an exhibit. Adbarrekh v. Baso line. Adbikara i+ Cognizance; jurisdiction; authority. ‘Agrahara A village held by Brahmans on a favourable tenure. Abaval vm (@) Prayer or representation of a petitioner. di) A statistical annual return, givingexhaust- ive particulars regarding the agricultural resources of a taluk, such as number of villages, sources of irrigation, number of men, cattle and ploughs, etc. Ain Jama Actual receipts or credits. ‘Amount of money. Ajamiyishi oe ‘Test or verification ; experiment; inspection. Ajemayishi Tarikh ‘. On probation ; as an experimental or tentative measure. Akira vs Assessment of a land; ares (of a field). Ekarband vse A register showing the atea, rate of assessment, etc., in detail of the survey numbers of a vil- lage. Alahida cas Separate, 761 762 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von, Amanat, Anamat .. Amada Amildir, Amt ‘Amani : = Amanikere Amin Amma Amari os oa Amrut Mahal Anche Anchechila, Anche Bastt . Anche Kachéri ‘Anche Mane, Ancheyavara Gudisalu. Ancheyava ‘Andaz, Andaj ‘Angadi es ‘Angadi Terige ... Anna Chatra, Anna Satra . Ane, Anckat (Anicut) Antradha Anubhavam or Anubhdgam (Sanskrit). Progrossive rental for improvement of land, or rent commencing at a low rate and increasing gradually year by year till the maximum limit is attained. (Caval and Shriya are other torms used in the same sense). Proceedings ; action ; business; operation. Execution, particularly of a decree. Deposit. Imports; receipts. A colleotor of revenue in charge of a taluk. (i) Lands or other sources of revenue under the direct management of Government officials, as opposed to those rented out. (ii) Anything held in trust, or under official management. ‘Tank other than the village tank; independent tank. A bailiff in the Judicial Department. ‘A Goddess; especially the Goddess of Small- ox. Minor tree produce of a village belonging to Government, such as tamarind, honge, soap-nut, etc., entered under the head “Amardi.”” A department for improving the breed of cattle for Government purposes. Post, ‘The leather wallet containing letters and papers carried by the postal runners. Post Office. Postal runners’ but. Postal runner. An estimate. ‘A shop. ‘Pax on shops. A building for the accommodation of travellers where food is also supplied. A masonry or brick dam across a river or stream for the purpose of raising the water and distributing it by side channels to the land on each side that would otherwise not benefit by the overflow; also a steep foot path, An asterism ; a rain commencing between 17th and 29th November; paddy is sown at this time. Enjoyment or usufruct. (Also a deed of gitt of land as a reward for services performed, answering, perhaps, to Indm land). It was customary for princes, when conferring a title on any person, to grant him at the same time sufficient land to enable him to maintain rv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 783 Anwadidar a Arambs Archaka a Ardhaminya =... Ardheményadar Kridra io Arti, Arji, Urzee ... Asal Asami Ashar Khana Aslésha cn Asti oe Asvini a Aval (Adj. Hindustani) Avalnumber —-. Ayakat Ayya, Ayyanavara Bab a Baddi Badli Badige Be Badti Gn Bigiyat Bahal cu the dignity of his position. The tenant could not be ejected except where there were con- ditions imposod and he failed to fulfil them. Arre-mortgagee; the mortgagee who holds the property from the proprietor being called Bhogyadar. Cultivation ; farming. ‘The officiating priest of a temple. Land granted on o light quit-rent; generally half rent, as its name implies. ‘Aman who holds as a manyam, lands assessed at half the usual rates. An asterism ; a rain commencing between 19th June and 2nd July. Paddy, cotton, eto., are sown at this season. ‘A petition addressed by an inferior to vice versa, it would be a taktd; among equals, it would be yadast, an addres memorial; an application ; a report submit- ted by an inferior officer to # superior officer. } original stock. ‘An individual. An open building reserved by Muhammadans for the exhibition of the Panza during the Muharram; at other times it affords shelter to poor Muhammadan travellers. An asterism ; a rain commencing between Sist ‘Joly and 13th August. Gram and mangoes are sown at thi - Property ; riches; real or personal goods. ‘An asterism ; A rain commencing between the lth and 93rd April, Land is tilled at this seagon. Superior quality. Used in connection with old Indm account: sit means an accotint showing the boundaries of lends. The total area of land attached toa village; when applied to irrigation, it means the total extent of land capable of being watered by any particular work. ‘An item ; head of accounts Interest. A substitute acting for an absentee on leave. Rent. Increase, especially of pay. Garden lands, the assessment on which is levied according to the number of trees rate varying according to the fertility of the 764 Baki Bakshi Balagei Bandi, Bandy Bandhi Khana Bhandara MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. Bhandira, Sarasvati Band, Bandu Baodi, Baoli Bar Birdbaloti Baravard Bartarat Barigat Barika Basti Bastu Batoi, Batayi Bésige Kala Balance or arrears to be pai Arrears of previous year, Head of an office. Holeyas of the right hand caste in Mysore and other Kannada countries. A cart or conveyance. A jail or lock-up. A store room or treasury. A library. An earthen embankment used as survey mark. Officials of the Revenue Survey and Settlement Departments. Waste land. Kanurtvar Bansan: The land which its occupant hes, at his own option, allowed to lie waste. A well. ‘Mysore Infantry. Village officials, consisting of 12 persons, viz., Gauda, Shanbhog, Panchangi, Talvar, Toti, Nirganti, Agasa, Nayinda, Kumbira, Lohsr, Badagi and Agasale: “The village twelve who formed the ancient village service.” Pay abstract. Dismissal. Body-guard. A menial among the village servants; a deputy taliri, who is employed to watch the crops, from the growing crop to the granary. A populous town ; a Jain temple. A bundle of records or papers. (3) Division of the crop between the cultivator and the landlord, or the Government in that capacity. Under this system which prevailed in Mysore prior to the Commis- sion period, the assessment. was paid to Government in the shape of grain, (i) Equal division of the crops between the husbandmen end Government. Disbursement; payment; distribution, A market. Hunters; poachers. Withont lamp;, deserted. Applied to an unin- habited village. land. Without name, fictitious, as a purchaser under false name. Trade, A merchant or trader. The full revenue obtainable; the amount of revenue of a village, Cultivation. Hot weather; dry season. 3 Aday Baki: tv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 765 Besta eS Betta Bé-Varasu Bhaga Bhang, Bhangi Bhara Marga Bharani Bharti A fisherman ; palangain bearer. Ahill. A Jain place of worship at the summit of 8 hill, consisting of an unroofed enclosure surrounding ® colossal image. A term generally applied to property left by persons without heirs; unclaimed. Partition ; share Hemp used in making an intoxicating and stupefying preparation which is smoked like tobacco. ‘Transit duty, ‘Arain commencing between 27th April and nd May. Various kinds of grain are sown at this season, Export. Bhataminya or (Brahma Rent-free land granted to Brihmens; grants daya). Bhatamanyadara ... Bhata Vritti : Bhatta (Batta) Bhatti c Bhatti Sunka Bhavi Bheti Bhogya Bhimi cn Bidi Bidige Bijevari Billeyava ] Bil (Bidu) cs Biradari eu Bitti, Bégari =. Bogyadar, Bhogyadar Bombe ao Boon cs Boyi Brahmadiya and endowments of land held by Brahmans for their support. ‘They are personal grants as distinguished from those held on condi- tion of rendering service. .. A Brahman holding rent-free lands. 1) A.amall portion of rent-free land granted to Brahmans. vs _Extra pay or allowancesto public servants; an allowance to temporary peons, serving sum- monses and other processes of courts; tra- velling allowance; paddy. A still. Still-head duty. cs Awell. c+ An interview; visit. Mortgage with possession, Land, generally applied to culturable land. ‘A street. Second day of the bright or dark halt of a lunar month. Extent of land; the amount of seed required for a portion of a field ; “area of Isnd calcu- luted according to the quantity of seed required for sowing in it. .. A peon or man wearing a belt. ‘Waste, uncultivated land. s+» A troop of Silhadars in the Mysore Horse, con- sisting generally of 12 men. .+ Gratuitous labour exacted from raiyats om account of Goverument, A mortgagee who holds the property from the proprietor. An image, idol, doll Coffee. A pelanquin-bearer. Rent-freo land granted to Brahmans. Soe Bhatamanya. 766 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. Brinjari Buddhivanta Band A tribe resembling gipsies, who wander about and earn # livelihood as carriers of grain, ete. +» Wise man, the elder or PRUD'HOMME of a village or community. ‘The embankment forming tank or reservoir. Canteroy Pagoda (Kanthi- An unminted coin named after Kanthirava raya Vardha). Carcoon (also Karkiin) Chadsal Chikara = Chakeri Chakbandi Chelan Chalavadi - Chambar Chapavene Chatra, Chhatra ... Chaubine Chaukisi Chauk, Chowk Ohanthai Chi vadi Chéla Chengali Chhapi Kagada Chilre Chiller Bab Chitta . Ohitte Siddharti ... Chitte, Chitta Choon Kud Chori Chori mal Chér Indm Narasa Raje (1698-1659) worth 10 gold faname, A clerk or manager, who eets down the tran- sactions of the assessments of lands, eto. +» Yesr in which » maximum amount of revenue was derived. A menial among the village servants; a deputy talari, who is employed to watch the crops, from the growing crop to the granary. v» Appointment. +» Boundaries. +» Amemorandum distinetly specifying the nature of the payment into a Treasury and the per- son or officer on whose account it is made. A low caste. The servant of a Lingayat mer- chant carrying a large ladle with chain and dell on his shoulders. Menial servant under the bead merchant of a town. Currier and shoe-maker. Concealment, generally applied to unauthor- ized cultivation by a raiyat. An inn; a resting place for travellers. Beams, To lessen the price; to haggle. A place where four roads meet; s square. A fourth part. A small pablic office ; a police station. A Hindu boy seized in early life and forcibly made s Mahemmadan by orderof Tipu these boys as they grew up were incorporated in military corps, retaining the name of Chélas, .- Day labourer. v Stamp paper. -» Small coin; change. Petty; trifling; Sundry. +» Miscellaneous items. Arrain commencing between 8th and 20th Sop- tember. Millet and gingelli oil-seeds are sown at this time. ++ Old measurement papers of the Hindu year ‘Siddharthi, corresponding to (1799-1800). Accounts; old measurement paper + Soil containing minute fragments or nodules of Timestone. ow Theft, . Stolen property. Land enjoyed free of rent by stealth or un- authorizedly, qv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 767 Chir manya Inims .. Indms of a fraudulent origin. Choul Bhiimi Salt or saline efflorescence. Chout, Chaut A fourth part; the tribute or contribution for- merly levied by the Mahrattas. See Chauthai. Remission of one-fourth assessment of wet lands. Tanks the holders of lands under which are entitled to remission of the wet assessment. Chowthayi Chowthayi Remission Chowthayi Tanks Chaki A mistake or error. Chungadi Interest. Cowl s+ ss Agreement ; engagement. Dacoit c+ sw Arrobber, especially one of a gang of house- breakers who plunder with the aid of torches. Dacoit . A torch robbezy. Dafedir (also Duffedit) ... Head peon having charge of ten or more per- Dattar (also Duftar) +» Reoords; the place where records are kept. Daftar Make. ++ A department in which accounts connected with the revenue are kept. Daga +. Deceipt; treud. hale w+ Reference; authority. Dakbal v» Admission. Dikbale Grima ... —_..,. A subordinate village included in a large one, which is called “ ABALI.”" Dalavayi (Dulway) w+ The hereditary commander of the forces. Dalayita, Dalayat... A peon. Dallli A broker. Damishayi (also Dimashs) A proportionate share. Dana Cattle, Dina, Dana sisona A gift,» deed of gift. Danda » ow Fine, Dandu . An army; a cantonment. Darbir (also Durbit) |. A court; a royal court; an audience or LEVEE. Darkhist a An application to rent Jand; a tender; = peti- tion. Dardde Robbery. Darogha, Derdga A native officer; superintendent; or manager. Deryafti s Ap inquiry ; trial. Dasavands +» Land granted to @ person for repairing or building a tank, on condition of paying in money or kind one-tenth or some small share of the produce. Dast-Aivaz, +e -A-voucher; @ written document. Dastiri 1s According to custom; 8 customary allowance or perquisite. Estimate; valuation. ++ Cousin ; a distant relation from the same male stock. Census; an account showing the number of houses, shops, cattle, population, locms, Deba-Jhada, Dabaznda 768 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. ploughs, ete., of which a town or village consists. Dashi . Indigenous. Dévadiya (or Dharmadaya( Lands endowed rent free for temples; grant made for the support of religious and chari- table institutions and of persons rendering service therein. A temple. A master. Arrain commencing between 3rd to 15th Feb- ruary. Daarane Market rato, price, value, Dharmakerta s. ‘Temple-warden. Dharsod : System of giving and taking equally in order to ensure a straight boundary, A variety of cotton (Gossypium sp.) Master; king. Standing crops; trees grown in garden lands, Staple crop produce, Minister of finance; chief administrative head of the State. Dévasthaina Dhani Dhanishts Dharwar Dhore Dhruva Paira Dhruva Phala Divan (Dewan) Doddi A pound for cattle. Dali (Dhooly) A litter like a polanquit Domba A tumbler or jugeler. Dani A boat; especially one hollowed out of a log. Doopun Liable to be washed away by running water. Drishyadhara Mortgage without possession. A hill-fort. ‘An obsolete copper coin, three of which went toan anna. Raising two crops a year on the same land. Repair. Durga (Droog) Duddu Du-Fasal : Durast = c Edegai or Edagai Kula A left-hand caste. Exkabhogya Undivided possession held by only one. Bka Sal One year. ‘Ekkalu Gadde Alluvial soil. Ere Bhimi Black soil. Bri Bund of a tank. Bru ‘A plough, or plough-and-oxen, Bru Kanike = Plough-tax. Faisal +» Decision; judgment; disposal. Fakir Muhammadan mendicant. +» A small coin of either gold or silver, worth 14 duddu—4 annas 8 pies, Till 1818, in Madras, 42 fanams went to one star pagoda; a fanam ‘would thus be worth about 2d. Fanam (Hana) Fasal Crop or produce. Fasli Revenue year. Ferisht A list or table of contents of a file of corres- pondence; a catalogue; an inventory. 1] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 769 Sub-division of a hobli; the charge of one shanbhog, consisting of one or more villages. A paddy-field; an irrigated field. A cart or conveyance, Gamagane Lekbkha +» The revenue account of a district containing several villages. Gam Than Village site. Gana An oil-mill. Gans Terige Gendba : Ganige ea The owner of an oil-mill. Ganna +» Sugar-cane, Ganda ++ The headman of a village; the head of village police. Gaum (from Sanskrit Village. Grama). Givads,Gau re @6ni Chit or Cheeti . Ghslige : A Hindu hour—24 English minutes. Ghaut : s+ @ A landing place. (ii) A path of descent to a river. (iii) A path of descent from a moun- tain; a mountain pass GidaGavalu ..—., A forest watchman. Gida Patrike (also called Tree statement. This is one of the most im- Thar Patrik.) portant Survey Settlement Accounts. It contains a description of trees, standing on the lands of s village, with remarks as to whom they belong. Demand; saleable. A mortgage. Land set apart for grazing; pasture land. Soil containing large nodules of limestone. A milkman. A subordinate otficial employed in the treasury in carrying money-bags, eto. ; assistant to the shroff, Originally he kept the key of the Treasury. Gomale . + Land set apart for grazing; pasture land. Gini Gunney; » coarse cloth made of hemp. GoraviKélu 1A fire-stick used instead of a torch. Gasayi ” + A sect who never marry, and whose profession is traffic, the profits of which go to a chief guru called Mahant., Goshwira vay An abstract; a RESUME. Gowda a» The headman or Patel of a village. Grama Terige s+» Village cess; o fine levied on the raiyats who have left their own villages and settled in others. ( Gudara . vs Atent. Gudasta Immediately preceding. Gudli An implement with a short handle fixed at right angles, used for digging instead of a spade, M. Gr, VOL, IV, 49 770 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. Gumaste cu .. An accountant ; an agent; a steward; a repre- sentative; s confidential factor; a clerk. Also a substitute or Officiator as, in Shan- bhog Gumasta. Gunjayishi vss Ou-bidding another. Gunts, Goonts .. _...._ Land measure--19] square yards or (i) 1-10th of an acre. (ii) A well or pood. Gar . -» Molasses. Gutigedar Contractor, Gutta Lease amount. Gutta, Goota «=. A rock, or rocky hill. Habba 5 .. A feast; festival. Hadi ‘Arond. Hadlo = Grass land covered with water; 8 waste rice- field. Hadname Boundary. Hadya ‘Land covered with low brushwood and small trees from which fire-wood, leaves, ete., for manuring the fields are taken. Hage One-fourth of a fonam. Hagéva ‘A subterraneous granary. Hak, Hakka ‘Aright. Halaka w+ Disorder. Halat ‘The excise duty levied on areca-nut, carda- ‘mom, pepper and tobacco, on removal from the place of their production. Export duty levied on ecffee. Hai vss Ab present, Hale Paike . Toddy drawers in the Nagar country. Holige mas ... Aplank used in levelling the fields after seed is sown. Hameaya -+ a ‘The rate of assessment paid in neighbouring lands taken as the stendard in assessing lands newly cultivated. Hane tn Money; @ fanam. Hangimi . Temporary. Hankela en . A reaped fleld. Horedari is Aleague—8 miles; a measure of extent con- taining 2,000 fathoms, or about 2 miles and a half; a kos. Harkir . a Guide; personal attendant. Harkat Obstacle; obstruction. Horas Auction. Hasal . Postage ; tax. Hasta Arain commencing 2th September and 7th October; millet and gingelli oil-seeds are sown at this time. Hoastantra v= wu Cash balance. Hatlageveda Tank ‘Tank construct:d at one’s own cost. Havildar . . A Sergeant. Hovéli, Sarker Haveli ... A large house for the acooramodation of Goy- ernment servants. qv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 771 ‘Heggade Henda Hikkalu Hingara, Hingari ... Hisse Hissedar Hittalu Hobli, Hobeli Hoblidar Hola Hole Honnu Hokum Holasu Hulherni e + Headman of a village; the headman of village police; in some parts of the province, rent- free lands are assigned for their support. The juice of the date-palm; toddy; which ferments and becomes intoxicating. An outlet for water to drain from one garden to another. The latter rains, from July to November; the north-east monsoon. Share; partition. Sharer. Backyards attached to buildings. ‘The sub-division of a taluk, comprising several villages. A commandant of a Hobli of peons, A field. A stream ; river. Half an Ikkeri pagoda (gold), value Rs, 2-4-0. Awritten order from perior ; ordinary order. Looking well, generally, applied to crops; thrifty. Pasturage of unoccupied Government lands. Statement showing the grazing purchased by each individual. ‘The term: is also applied to the Government income,realized from thesale of grass orfees recovered from the raiyata for allowing their cattle to graze on such lands. ‘Hulgavel, Hulbigaval, Hul- Pasture land. Jugaval. Hulgival Sanks Hundi, Hoondee Huzir, Hoozoor Bunttuvali es Tate Vara, Tare Tjardar, luerder ... Hikhe a inam a M. Gr. VOL, Iv. .. Grazing dues. A bill of exchange. ‘The presence. The chief officer of the district ; higher or supreme suthority, a term of respect. ‘The produce of a garden or field, or of any trade ; the amount of an assessment, rent, income or revenue. Increaso, expecially of pay. Contract or leaso, generally applied to the forming of revenue in olden day: A contractor; a farmer of liquor shops. A department. A gift from a superior to an interior holder; grant of land for religious or charitable pur- pose, made by Government, sometimes free, and sometimes with light quit-rent or jodi. Indm is same as Manyam. Technically, a major indm is a whole village or more than one village; and « minor Inim is something Jess than a village. In most casos, minot Indian are morely blocks of lands. (See Mysore Revenue Manual, Chapter XVI). 49" 772 Inamdar Inam Kasar Trawira Tred] Patti Isam Tsamwar Ietihar Isvi ‘Jadamali, J Jadthi Taft Jagir Jagirdar Jahir Nama Jamabandi Jamadar Jama Khareh Jamin Jamin Jamindar Jangana Junti Kallu Jantri Tari Jari Indm Tart Jari Indmti Jarier Jatke Jatre Jauli Javano, Javan Javad MYSORE GAZETTEER {von. ‘The holder of a rent-free grant. Excess in Indms. ‘The total produce before division under the BATAYI system. List of remittance of cash sent to the treasury; ‘an invoice. Individual ; an item; a head of charge. Individually. ‘A notification; proclamation. s+ ‘The Christian era, year. A sweeper employed in cleaning office rooms. Search or examination of an account. Attachment of property, confiscation. Anestate, held free of payment to Government in the shape of land revenue; rent-free lands or villages granted for services rendered to Government. Holder of lands or villages free of assessment, generallyas a reward for meritorious service. A notice or summons. The annual settlement made under the reiyat- ‘war system, DITTAM JAMABANDI is the pre- liminary Jamabandi conducted by the taluk officer. Huziir Jamibendi is the final settlement made by the Divisional Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner. A Commandant of a Hobli; a Commissioned Officer in the Mysore Horse. Receipts and expenditure. . Land. v=» Bail; security. A landholder. ‘A surety. A Lingayat priest. A boundary’ or demarcation mark, composed of three stones in # lino. Tables used for calculation. Current; in force, A grant of land or other endowment still in force, and not resumed. w+» Measurement. Rent-free land. Urgent. Assmall, close, two-wheeled conveyance drawn by a pony, +» Annual fair, usually occurring on the occasion, of a festival. A term applied to cloths of all kinds; piece- goods. +» A poon av inferior officer who acts as a guard and a messenger. v An answer. tv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 773 Javabdari Jeshta Shade Thaati Shar Patrak = Jiddu Jodidar ‘Jodidar Takhta ... Jogi a Joti (Banna) Phana Joyita Sunardar Jurmine ro Javib Kabalati Kabiliyat Banjar Kachéri (Cuteherry) Kachha Kharadu ... Kada : ‘Kadame Kadangu ea Kadata (Kuduttum) Kadagi Responsibility. Third lunar month corresponding to June and July. A rain commencing between 30th November and 12th December. Paddy is sown during this time. An account showing the number of houses, shops, cattle, population, looms, ploughs, etc., of which a town or village consists. Final settlement. Hence SAL JHADE means accounts of annual income and expenditure. ‘Examination of an account. Statement showing the number and description of trees in each survey number. (See Gide Patrike). Jeslousy ; anger. Property; estate, Cultivation of an untilled land; farming; cul- tivation. A hereditary Inbourer or slave. Favourable rent or light assessment, the pro- portion of which tothe full rates varies; Quit-rent; grant of land or village on lighter assessment than the proper revenue. Apperson holding an Indm village on Jodi or quit-rent. A record of the settlement of the amount of Jodi to be paid upon each wattan or varttane. A class of religious mendicanta. An oil manufacturer of the Lingayat caste. ‘An astrologer. ‘An inferior official performing the duties of @ ‘vernacular clerk. A fine. Ap answer. (i) An account showing the decrease of revenue on account of lands given up by the holders, the increase by new applica- tion for lands, the estimated value of batayi cultivation. ‘The account is to be sent by the Amildar once in 10 or 12 days com- mencing from April till the end of July. (ii) An agreement or engagement in writing. ‘Waste land left by the occupant. An office; a court, A rough account. Debt. A deficiency. A trench or ditch in garden. A cloth covered with a composition of charcoal and gum, and used instead of a slate for writing and keeping accounts on. A basket or panier put on pack bullock. 774 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. Kaifyat : vA deposition Kei Kagada vA recognizance. Kalasi c v= Alascar; a subordinate who pitches and takes care of tents. Kalave a . A channel or stream, generally for irrigation. Kalla Q vA thief. Kalu a .. A fourth part of anything. Kamati Dey labourer. Kambli (Cumbly) .. Accoarse woollen blanket or camblet, used by all claeses for protection against wet and cold, and for sleeping in at night. Kambli Kuruba se A.class of Kurube Kammi Jasti Patti + Statement showing increase and decrease. Kamshare 5 Reduction to a lower grade. Kandaya,Kandayam —..._ Land-tax; money assessment, ‘Kandachar (spelt also Candi An sncient establishment of peons under the char), direction of a separate department which partook both of Civil and Military functions, in its relation to the Police Office and the Army. ‘These men trained from their infancy, according to their measure of disci- +pline, to Military exercises, were mostof them also cultivators of the soil (Vide Selections from the Records of the Chief Commis. sioner’s Office). Capacity ceased, and with the exception of their employment as the legal advisers of the Courts in cases of Muhamma- dan law, the duties of those stationed in the cities or districts were confined to the preps. ration and attestation of deeds of conveyanco and other legal instruments, and the general superintendence and legislation of the cere- monies of marriage, funerals, and other domestic occurrences among the Muhamma- dans. (H. H. Wilson's Glossary}. ““Phat term, in its literal sense, describes a permanent village settlement; and it pro- bably owes its origin toa time when many villages were depopulated and when the Government found it advantageous to rent out such on a fixed but very moderate lease, the renter undertaking to restore them to their former prosperous condition. The Kayamgntta lands comprise rome of the most valuable inm land! in the Province.” (Vide Mysore Gasetteer, 1897 edition, Volume 1, Kayamgutta Tenure page 690). Kere e vA tank, Kori +. Asmall street with houses on both sides; » let. Khaidi - a. A prisoner. Khaidu - Imprisonment. Khojaro, Khazina =... Trensury. tv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 175 Khalasi Assessment on the excess portion of an indm. Kbanéshumari ‘= Census, An account showing the number of houses, shops, cattle, population, looms, ploughs, etc., of which » town ot village consists. Kharebu = .. Expense. Kharab : ». Land unfit for cultivation. Kharita : + The envelope of a letter, especially the orns- mental or silk covering of a letter addressed to, or by, 8 person of rank; hence tho letter itself, particularly one passing between an Tndian Prince and the Governor-General. Khata Ledger of receipts and disbursements. It consists of firstly the Government account in which the amounts for recovery under the heads of (i) Land Revenue, (ii) Looal Funds, (ii) Takavi, (iv) Amarai, (v) Pasture, etc., are credited and remittances from the village tothe Taluk Treasury of cash recovered are debited ; and secondly of raiyats’ accounts in which each raiyat is debited with his lial ties and collections of revenue are credited whenever they take place. Kandi, Khandaga (Candy) .... Land measure—20 kudus or 10,000 square yarda for wet ead garden land; and 20 kudus or 64,000 square yards for.dry land. Groin ‘measure—120 kudus or 4 hushels—128 pts. Kanikapille (Conicopilay) ... An overseer Kentu . Stipulation of payment ; instalment. Kopile An apparatus for raising water from a well or tank for irrigating fields, worked by men or by oxen on an inclined plane. Kans . s+ (i) Aspecies of grass destructive to cultivation. (ii) Extensive tracts of green forests which ‘are preserved for the sake of the wild pepper vines, bag and palms, gum troes, ete. ‘The holders of thes Kans are allowed the privi- Jege of (a) enjoying the said produce, (b) clear- ing and making use of the undergrowth ; and (0) clippirg trees for the growth of pepper- tree and for purposes of manure. Karagupadi ss Duty om goods where they are consumed or sold in contradistinction to SraaL Brarzi, which is levied at the place of production; sale. Karanji z . A reservoir or fountain, Karara An agreement Karkhane es -» A manufactory ; 2 workshop. Karnam (Curnum) Village accountant. Kartika Fasal a «November paddy crop. That for April and ‘May is VAISAKHA Fasar. ‘The wet eeason. The chief town of a district or division. Kira Kasba, Kasaba 776 Kasu Kasuri Kattadeka Katte = Katta KattuKalve Keuldar en Kavel Kazi Khate - Khatedar co Khayam Khayamguttadar ... Khayamguttige Khetwar Khush Bash Khin Khurd-Bard Killedar Kistu, Kist, Khist Kistu Bandi ey MYSORE GAZETTEER {von. Kodagidar 5 Kodi cn A pie-piece. Neglect; fault. ‘A written agreement, Anicut or dam in a river or stream; # pond; & custom house or place where sayar duties on certain articles were being levied. Court papers or proceedings. Feeding channel to a tank. A raiyat holding lands on special agreement, Ground reserved for pasturing cattle, A Muhammadan Jndge, an officer formerly appointed by the Government to administer both Civil and Criminal law, ebiefly in towns; according to the principles of the Koran, under the British authorities, the judicial functions of the Kzis in that capacity. ‘A holding or occnpancy. Occupant of Government land. Fixed; permanent. Holder of land or a village on a fixed and ‘unalterable assessment, Fixed assessment or rent. Register of lands. This register is the founda- tion of all revenue accounts. ‘A private person of independent means. Marder. Embezzlement of public money. A Police Inspector ; a commandant of a fort, An instalment of the annual assessment paid by holders at stated times. A document given to a landholder showing the instalments payable by him, A holder of land under tank, free of or on nominal sssessment for having repaired or restored it, and on the further condition of his keeping in good order the said irrigation ‘work on Which the land below depends for its supply of water. Lands granted free of tax, or on a light assess- ment, in consideration of services rendered in the construction or restoration of tanks, on condition of their being maintained in good. repair. But as tho repair of och tenks was almost universally neglectzd by the Inam- dirs, they have been relieved of the duty, and rules have been framed for enfranchise- ment of indms, the quit-rent credited to the irrigation fund for up-keep of the tanks. ‘The weir of a tank or reservoir. A reservoir with stone steps down to the water's edge. ‘The stocks; Kar K6tA, band-stocks ; KALD Kora, leg-stocts, Iv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 717 Kolaga . Kolkar, Kolukira ... Kole Roga Kolate Kolli Koln Konga Koppala Korama Kottige Kotval (Cutwal) Krayedar o Kuda c Kula oe oe Kula Nashta, Kulavadi ep Rulavar, Kulavara en Kulevir- Kulavar-Jamabandi eo Kumri F Kurige Kurkul (Kuralu) One-twentieth of a khandega. A mace-bearer; a peon. A rot or disease which attacks areca palms. A. stick-dance, or dance accompanied with strik- ingof sticks; practised at the Dasara in olden days byschool boys who, accompanied by their masters, went about the streets reciting ‘Mahanavami songs and receiving presents. A stream of rivulet. A pale; a rod. A class of servants of Tamil origin. ‘The suburbs or outlying villages of a town. Avwild race inhabiting the forests and moun- tains. An out-house or shed, generally for cattle. An official whose principal duty is to furnish supplies to travellers, Purchaser. Land measure—I6 PADIS CR PAILES or 500 square yards for wet and garden land, and 16 PADIS OR Parrts or 3,200 square yards for dry Inna. Grain measure—8 seers or 13:44 pints, A single farmer; a tenant; holder of a land; a raiyat. Loss of a tenant. A menial among the village servants; a deputy taldri, who is employed to watch the crops, from the growing crop to the granary. A term applied to accounts and returns made out with reference to the cultivators, as dis- tinguished from accounts prepared according to the holdings. A detailed account of the land cultivated by each holder. Individual settlement. A term; applied to cultivation carried on by felling a tract of forest, burning the wood, and raising a crop of grain on tho clearing, which is abandoned in the following year, anda fresh clearing made somewhere else. This practice is now prohibited. A system of cultivation almost peculiar to certain Malnad bill tribes. A process consisting of burning away the jungly tracts and sowing castor oil seeds, ragi and other dry grains on the ground thus cleared up. A sowing machine and plough combined. Clayey soil, which when dry turns very hard, which does not easily abscrb water, and which if once wetted does not dry soon. It is sometimes no bad that even grass will not grow on it, 7718 MYSORE GAZETTEER [von. Kusaki Khuski .. Kasbki (Khushki) Sigal Kutcha Lakkite = Bagh ea Lambani oe ao Luskar cn c Magha ‘Mabinavami Mahasdlu Mabazar _ Maidan co Majokaru Male Malé Kala, Malé Gila Malits Malki Malnid, Malenad maledar ... ‘Mam6l, Mamdli (Mamool ) Mana en Mande an A term applied to univrigated land. Dry cultivation. ‘Mad built. An envelope ; a sealed letter. A pleasure garden. A tribe resembling gipsies, who wander about and earn a livelihood as carriers, sometimes called Brinjaries. Atent pitcher, In the Military Department the word is used to denote an inferior class of military men. ‘A Cantonment. Establishment of a department drawing pay. Record of the final settlement of each Survey number in the village. Accounts; an account. Dealings, generally in money. Plunder. Pardon, remission. Passport granted for the conveyance of goods from one place to another for which duty had already been paid. Sub-division of a taluk, corresponding to = habli or nad. A weaver's loom. ‘An asteriem. A rain commencing between 14th and 27th August. ‘Tobacco snd whest are sown at this time, A feast observed on the 9th day of the 7th lunar month, the last day but one of the Dasara, on which arms are worshipped. Octrof; toll; crop. Award of » panchayat, or jury; s statement made by a number of respectable persons regarding certain facts or events. A plain; the plain country, or BATL share, ‘88 distinguished from the MALNAD or hill region. ‘The said, aforesaid, contents. Rain. Rainy season. Owner. ‘Value of trees contained in an agricultural land. ‘Hill country ; the western part of Mysore. A Collector of Revenue in charge of a taluk; an Amildar. : Established; customary; usual; ancient pre- cedents; longstanding. A maund. Sub-divisions of a hobli in Manjarabad, corres- ponding to a FIRKA or PHUT StAGANT, Iv] GLOSSARY OF TERMS 779 Manegar, Manegii Mane Terige : Mantepa cs Manyam ‘Markum ee Mara Kukke a ‘Masalat ‘Mashalohi ‘Moshal Chori ‘Matha (Mutt)... Matha Vritti Maund | Méstri (Maistry) _.. Minshu Mirisi (or Meeras) ‘Mobslagu : Michi Ep Mohur, Mohar ‘Mohatarfa, Mokbtiyar-Nama ... Mokitesar we ‘Mrigasira, te Muchehalike ‘Muchchi Mufet, Muft, Mag... ‘Makuppe (i) An agent, an accountant ; (ii) an overseer ; one who regulates the distribution of water from a tank or other reservoir. a Houso-tax. v= Applace built for worship in front of a temple or on the bank of ariver, or, by the sido of well; also s place in which an idol is deposited. Privileged land exempt from taxes or imposts ; a grant, ws Dated. A-small basket or muzzle put on bullocks to prevent them from feeding. v= Counsel; plot. 1» A torch-bearer or lamp-lighter. Torch robbery. House of a priest ; school-house. v» Land granted rent-free to a mutt. vA weight equal to 40 seers or 24 Ibs. ~- Superior officer.

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