Meaning of kadam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
   India
2. A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.
   South-Asia, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Kinaram made the elephant sit⟳ under a large kadam tree.”

“Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built”

“Where ten kadams equal 55 feet revenue under the rule⟳ adopted in Jhelum and Ludhiana would be remissible in whole or in part on 133 acres per mile, the land⟳ on both sides of the road being taken into account.”

“It is at a perpendicular distance of 16 kadams from a point⟳ 69 kadams from the corner of the square.”

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