Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.42

c16.s3.42

⁵ We have seen above that some Amātyas were governors of a district or province. Although the word is often used as a synonym of Mantrin or minister, Rāmavarman’s commentary on the Rāmāyaṇa, I. 7. 4, makes the following distinction between the two : amātya deś-ādi-kārya-nirvāhakā mantriṇo vyavahāra-draṣṭāra iti bhedaḥ (Ind. Cult., Vol. VIII, p. 121).