(p. 162) upari upari [Skt. cognate with Eng. Up.] adj. Over, above. ఉపరిరయితు upari-rayitu. [H.] n. A tenant at will. పాయకారి.

(p. 696) paṭṭā, paṭā or పట్ట paṭṭā. [Tel.] n. The inner bark of a tree. Sackcloth. A sort of girdle cloth. Also, a lease; a grant or lease specifying the land occupied by a cultivator and the assessment due on it. రాజు రయితులకిచ్చే కవులు. పట్టాదారుడు a pattadar, a leaseholder. బిల్మక్తాపట్టా a lease for a gross aggregate rent, one in which the land tax and all other cesses are consolidated. See పట్ట, and పట్టము.

(p. 741) pāyakaṭṭu paya-kaṭṭu. [H.] n. A tract of land newly reclaimed from a jungle. A group of small villages that are connected with another important village. పాయకారీ paya-kārī. n. A temporary or non-resident cultivator, a cultivator without hereditary interest in the soil. A sub-renter or under tenant, a tenant at will. A man who cultivates land lying in another village. పరస్థలపురయితు, భాగ ప్రోకారము భూస్వాతంత్య్రములేని రయితు.

(p. 1066) rayitu , రయతు, రహితు or రైతు rayitu. [H.] n. A ryot. కాపు. రయితాంగము or రహితాంగము the agricultural body, the peasantry, కాపులు. రయితువారి rayituvāri. n. The Ryotwary system, i.e., the system under which each cultivator holds direct from Government. An individual farmer's settlement of rent, or of the Government demands. రయితువారిలెక్క an account showing the holding, &c., of each cultivator.

(p. 1088) raitu Same as రయితు. (q. v.)