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पद्रक (padraka)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
padraka (IE 8-4
CII 3
etc.)
‘a village’
generally used
as the termination of the name of a village
interpreted as ‘com-
mon-land’ in expressions like Bhumbhusa-padraka and Śivaka-
padraka. Wilson's Glossary explains pādar (i. e. padra) as
‘common-land, land adjacent to a village left uncultivated’.