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उम्बरभेद (umbarabheda)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
umbara-bheda (IE 8-5
EI 25), ‘violation of the closed
door’
the right of royal officers to enter into a house with doors
closed for realising taxes. This probably related to the houses
of merchants who were away from their home-towns in the
course of their business
cf. unmara or umbara
also prātibhedikā.
umbara-bhedaḥ rājapuruṣāṇām = āvāsako jemakaś = ca n =
āsti, ‘there is no entry of royal officers into a house with its door
closed (referring especially to the houses of merchants away
from home on business tours abroad) nor should there be
any provision for their accommodation and meals’. See Ep.
Ind., Vol. XXV, p. 232-33.