Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.122

c16.s3.122

In this list, Rājñī, probably meaning the queens of the subordinate rulers, has been added, and Rājanyaka and Rāṇaka, though the second is derived from the first, are distinguished. The Mahāpurohita was the chief priest and the Mahādharmādhyakṣa the superintendent of religious affairs. The Mahāmudrādhikṛta may have been the keeper of the royal seal, although it may be noted that a viceroy is sometimes described in medieval records as mudrāvyāpārān=paripanthayati, ‘is conducting the affairs of the seal.’¹ Bṛhaduparika is a dignified form of Uparika comparable to Bṛhadbhogika of some records. The Mahāgaṇastha was probably the head of a gaṇa, i.e. guild or corporation, or the royal agent supervising the work of such guilds. Dauḥsādhika is the same as Dauḥsādhasādhanika or Duḥsādhyasādhanika of other epigraphs. In Naubalahastyaśvagomahiṣājīvīkādivyāpṛtaka, the word uṣṭra is omitted and the designation seems to refer to certain military and civil officers in charge of the royal navy and cattle. The expression looks like a combination of Hastyaśvanaubalavyāpṛtaka and Hastyaśvoṣṭragomahiṣājīvīkādivyāpṛtaka of earlier records. Caṭṭa and Bhaṭṭa are different spellings of the words Cāṭa and Bhaṭa. Bhaṭṭa used here in the sense of Bhaṭa should not be confused with Bhaṭṭa in the Pandukeswar plate of Padmaṭa, in which Bhaṭa is separately mentioned.