Bahirika

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Bahirika (बाहिरिका) was a vishaya mentioned in Eran Stone Pillar Inscription Of Sridharavarman.

Variants

• Bāhirikā (बाहिरिका)
• Bāhirika (बाहिरिक)
• Bāhiriya (बाहिरिय)
• Bāhiriyā (बाहिरिया)
• Bahiriya (बाहिरिया)

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Bahar (Jat clan) = Bahirika (बाहिरिका). Bahirika] (बाहिरिका) was a vishaya mentioned in Eran Stone Pillar Inscription Of Sridharavarman.

Various Definitions

Bāhirikā (बाहिरिका) .—(EI 20), a suburb. Note: bāhirikā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Bāhirika (बाहिरिक).—An alien character; न च बाहिरिकान् कुर्यात् पुरराष्ट्रोपघातकान् । क्षिपेज्जनपदे चैतान् सर्वान् वा दापयेत् करान् (na ca bāhirikān kuryāt purarāṣṭropaghātakān | kṣipejjanapade caitān sarvān vā dāpayet karān) || Kau. A.2.4.22; also द्वारबाहिरिकादेयम् च दुर्गम् (dvārabāhirikādeyam ca durgam) Kau. A. 2.5.24.

Derivable forms: bāhirikaḥ (बाहिरिकः).

Bāhirika (बाहिरिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Bāhiriya, Bāhiriyā.

Eran Stone Pillar Inscription Of Sridharavarman

Eran Stone Pillar Inscription Of Sridharavarman was erected with an object to record the construction, by a person whose name appears to be Nârayanasvâmin, of a tîrtha or stairs for descent into the Bina River at the adhishthàna of Erikina in the territorial division Bahirika of the Nagëndra⁵ âhâra for the well-being of the adhishthânah headed by the cows and the Brahmanas as well as for the increase of the religious merit of the person's father and mother. Bahirika occurs as the name of a vishaya in No 27, L. 16, above. Perhaps the territorial division was so called because it was an outlying part of the ahâra Bahirika is probably connected With the Prakrit word bahiriya, which occurs in Jain literature in the sense of 'a suburb'. (p.606)

External links

• https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bahirika