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GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT TECHNICAL TERMS USED
IN THE KṚṢI-PARĀŚARA
[ English Alphabetical order ]
Term      No. of verse      Meaning
Aḍḍacalla    112, 114.       Pin of yoke where bull is tied.
Āḍhaka     26, 28, 238.      A measure of grain and of space,
                 the latter being used in
                 Astronomy.
Āvarta     24, 25.        A kind of cloud.
Droṇa     ”          ”
Hala-prasāraṇa   121-155.      Ceremonial commencement of
                 ploughing.
Īṣā       112, 146.       Pole of the plough.
Madikā     118, 182.      Probably same as Mai, a Bengali
(also Mayikā)           word meaning a ladder-shaped
                 contrivance used for levelling
                 rice-fields.
Medhi      214, 215.      Pillar in the middle of a threshing
        218-20.       floor, to which oxen are bound.
Niryola     112-114.      “The rod of the plough exclusive
[Also निर्याण            of the pole and the share”
in one Ms., and          —Agriculture and Agriculturists
निर्योग in another]          etc., p. 64.
Paccanikā    112, 115.      Goad for driving bulls.
[Also spelt as
Prājana, Prājani-
kā. Paccani.]