An Ankanam is a unit of measure similar to an acre . It is used mainly in regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka , Nellore , Anekal , Bengaluru and Tirupati . An Ankanam is measured as 72 sq ft (6.7 m), (mostly in the Nellore District ) and, in some places (such as Tirupati ), 36 sq ft (3.3 m). In Nellore , one acre equals 605 Ankanams, and 1 cent amounts to 6.05 Ankanams. This unit is very popular, presumably because it is easier to calculate the cost of a piece of land.
8-474: Ankanam is related to the words anga and adugu in dravidian languages (meaning foot). In “Kannada-English Dictionary by Rev. Ferdinand Kittel ”. “Ankana” is defined as follows. “The (small or large) space either between any two posts or pillars in a wall that support the roof, or between any two beams”. Also from the reference of Hindu temple architecture 'Ankana' is defined as distance between pillar and pillar on one hand, and between one pillar and another (wall) on
16-810: A book on Kannada grammar called A Grammar of the Kannada Language: Comprising the Three Dialects of the language . He translated Nagavarma's work on Kannada prosody . Kittel is today almost forgotten in Germany, but is still widely recognised in Karnataka. Many educational institutions have been named after him. A statue at the end of Mahatma Gandhi road in the city of Bangalore commemorates him. Austin Town in Bangalore
24-648: A remote station in the Nilgiris and later confining him to the mission's press in Mangalore. He returned to Germany, but visited India again in his fifties to complete his dictionary, which by then had become for him an end in itself, and not merely an instrument secondary to missionary work. Kittel worked in Mangalore , Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka , inspired by and attracted to Kannada Literature. He
32-511: Is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing a Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894. (Many Kannada-language dictionaries had existed at least since poet Ranna's 'Ranna Khanda' in the tenth century.) Kittel also composed numerous Kannada poems. In 1862, Kittel, published his Kannada poem `Kathamale' which presented the life of Jesus Christ in the form of Indian musical metre style. Kittel also wrote
40-545: The Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore , Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka . He is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing a Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894. He also composed numerous Kannada poems. Kittel was born 7 April 1832 in Resterhafe, East Frisia , off the northwestern coast of Germany. His father, Gottfried Christian Kittel,
48-637: The Indians". Having a strong desire to learn Kannada, he undertook exhaustive studies learning the Kannada language, customs and local music. This earned rebuke from the Basel Mission, where he was already an outsider on account of his North German origin and academic education (the other missionaries were chiefly from southwest Germany and the lower/middle classes, though Gottfried Weigle had studied at Tübingen). This marginalised him by pushing him to
56-482: The other. Hence it has no definitive measurement. Source: 1 Acre = 100 cents = 0.405 hectares = 605 Ankanas 1 cent = 6.05 Ankanas = 48 Sq.Yards 1 Ankana = 8 Sq. yard = 72 Sq. Feet 1 Tirupathi Ankana = 4 Sq.yard = 36 Sq. ft (in Tirupathi) 1 Sq. Yard = 9 Sq. Feet. 1 Yard = 3 feet. Ferdinand Kittel Ferdinand Kittel (7 April 1832 – 18 December 1903) was a Lutheran priest and indologist with
64-524: Was a priest. His mother was Helen Hubert. Kittel was the eldest of five children. His education was praised by the headmaster as "Never Less Than Good." He joined the Basel Mission at the wish of his father. Kittel learned Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French and English. He arrived in India in 1853. As a missionary, he endeavoured to follow Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians and "become as an Indian unto
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