sicca

plural siccas · alternative sikkah

1. IndiaarchaicA great seal.

   Letter to Bajeerao Pundit, stamped with the sicca.

   1839 September 2, Charles Ovans, “Memorandum of Papers received from his Highness the Raja of Sattara”, in Papers Relating to the Commission of Inquiry Held at Sattara in October 1836, published 1843, page 99

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   They are in a more formal shape, bearing at the top the “sicca,” or great seal of state, which is only used on grants, treaties, and other documents of similar importance; […]

   1848 April 7, H. B. E. Frere, “Letter from H. B. E. Frere, Esquire, Resident at Sattara, to H. E. Goldsmid, Esquire […]”, in Papers Relating to the Question of the Disposal of the Sattara State in Consequence of the Death of the Late Raja, published 1849, page 30

   In the case of documents bearing the Sicca of the Raja, the seals of the ministers of the departments of the State concerned were added just below the Raja’s; […]

   1883 November 16, O. Codrington, “On the Seals of the late Satara Kingdom”, in The Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 16, number 42, page 127

2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of sicca rupee.