Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.126

c16.s3.126

In this list, *Mahākaranādhyakṣa* may have been the head of the department of records. *Mahāpādamūlika* was the king’s chief personal attendant. *Mahātantrādhikṛta* seems to have been an administrator or the superintendent of religious affairs and charities. He is the same as the *Tantrapāla* and *Mahātantrādhyakṣa* of other inscriptions.¹ An officer called *Tantrapati* is mentioned in the *Rājatarangiṇī* (VIII. 2422) without any indication regarding his function. But a Kashmirian author explains *Bṛhattantrapati* as *Dharmādhikārin*.² The *Mahāvyūhapati* was a military officer and the *Mahākāyastha* the chief scribe. *Mahābalakoṣṭhika* and *Mahākaṭuka* cannot be explained. If the first of the two is really *Mahābalakoṣṭhika*, he was apparently a treasurer of the military department. The *Mahābalādhikaraṇika* was probably the superintendent of the office of the commander-in-chief. The *Aṅgīkaraṇika* was the officer in charge of administering oaths in the courts of law. *Daṇḍapāṇika* and *Koṭṭapati* are the same as *Daṇḍapāśika* and *Koṭṭapāla* respectively, while *Haṭṭapati* may be the superintendent of markets and *Bhuktipati* the governor of a *bhukti* or province or a *jāgīrdār*. *Autthitāsanika*, found as *Utthitāsanin* in a *Somavaṃśī* record from Orissa, cannot be explained.