Brahmadeya Village - Brahmadeyasonraku (English spelling) Brāhmadēya

Japanese: ブラフマデーヤ村落 - ブラフマデーヤそんらく（英語表記）Brāhmadēya

A village form common in the Chola dynasty of southern India. A general term for villages that were granted in whole or in part by the king to one or many Brahmins. Its existence can already be seen in the Pallava and Pandya dynasties. The villages were mainly managed by the Sabhas, and Brahmins were exempt from taxes. Unlike ordinary villages, these villages are thought to have had a cultivator class in addition to the Brahmins who owned land. It is also thought that villages played a central role in the dynasty's local governance, or that, together with Hindu temples, they were the core of local integration in the region.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南インドのチョーラ朝に多くみられた村落形態。王によってその全体または一部を1人あるいは多数のバラモンに施与された村落を総称したもの。すでにパッラバ朝，パーンディヤ朝などにもその存在が認められる。村落の運営は主としてサバーによって行われ，バラモンは租税の免除をうけた。この村落では一般村落と異なり，土地保有者のバラモンのほかに耕作者階層も存在したと考えられる。また，村落は王朝による地方統治の中心的役割を果たしたとも，あるいはヒンドゥー寺院とともに地方の在地的統合の核であったとも考えられている。

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