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अष्टभोग (aSTabhoga)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अष्ट—भोग (a fiscal term),
Inscr.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
aṣṭa-bhoga (IE 8-5
EI 14, 17), privileges of the donee
of a rent-free holding, believed to be grouped into eight
classes which are sometimes enumerated as nidhi, nikṣepa, jala,
pāṣāṇa, akṣīṇin, āgāmin, siddha and sādhya. Cf. aiśvary-āṣṭaka
and aṣṭa-bhūti (EI 33)
also aṣṭabhoga-tejaḥsvāmya.
(CITD), the eight privileges associated with the enjoy-
ment of rent-free land, also enumerated as (1) nidhi (a
treasure or a hoard, i. e. a natural hoard such as a mine),
(2) nikṣepa (a treasure hidden or stored up by some one),
(3) akṣīṇa (permanent or lasting benefits), (4) āgāmin (future
benefits)
(5) sañcita (benefits already stored up), (6) jala
(waters)
(7) taru (trees) and (8) pāṣāṇa (stones). See
JAHRS, Vol. X, p. 124. Pāṣāṇa seems to mean ‘hilly area’.
(SITI), eight kinds of rights in enjoying landed property
mentioned sometimes as vikraya, dāna, vinimaya, jala, taru,
pāṣāṇa, nidhi and nikṣepa, and also as nidhi, nikṣepa, jalāmṛta,
pāṣāṇa, akṣīṇin, āgāmin, siddha and sādhya.