Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.170

c16.s2.170

The word *parigṛhīta*, sometimes used instead of *anudhyāta* in a similar context, literally means ‘accepted’ and may suggest that the successor or subordinate so described was really selected, out of several candidates, for a post or position. Thus the description of Candragupta II as *Samudraguptasya putras=tat-parigṛhītaḥ*⁶ may suggest that Samudragupta selected Candragupta II as his successor out of his many sons, or at least Candragupta II preferred to represent himself as such.¹ That seems to be the reason why *parigṛhīta* is used only rarely.