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गामुण्ड (gAmuNDa)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Gāmuṇḍa (EI 15), Kannaḍa
same as Gāvuṇḍa
a village
headman
probably derived from Grāmakūṭa, ‘headman of a
village’, through Gāmaūḍa>Gāmuḍa under the influence of
muṇḍa, ‘head’. Cf. Nāḍa-gāmuṇḍa Nāṟ-gāmuṇḍa, ‘headman of
a district (nāḍu)’.