Vastu-bhumi, Vāstu-bhūmi: 2 definitions
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Source: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic StudyVastubhūmi (वस्तुभूमि) refers to “homestead land”, commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari) in ancient India (Medieval Orissa).—An example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [...]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned—the reference is to the grant of 20 vatis of cornland and 10 vatis of homestead land (vastubhūmi) in Jayanagara-gramna—suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryVāstu-bhūmi.—(IE 8-1), homestead land. Note: vāstu-bhūmi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Partial matches: Bhumi, Vastu.
Full-text: Va-bhu.
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