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phikadāra
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var. phigaḍhāra; n. 1) a royal attendant carrying the king's spitting pan. 2) An object on which the king spit betel to validate certain land grants as birtā or jāgīra. From the documentary evidence it is unclear whether the king spit on the deed of grant or into a pan.
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