Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.91
Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.91
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¹ See *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXII, pp. 141-42. The designation *Mahāsādhanika* may be compared with *Paṭṭasāhaṇādhipati* of South Indian records, sometimes called *Senāpati* separately (Bomb. Gaz., Vol. I, Part ii, p. 520). *Sādhanika*, derived from *sādhana* or an army, is the same as the modern family name Sāhni. *Sāhaṇi* occurring in a Rajasthan inscription has been supposed to indicate ‘the master of the royal stables’ (Bhandarkar’s List, No. 395). See also designations like *Gajasāhiṇi*, i.e. *Gajasādhanika* or leader of the elephant corps (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXVII, p. 310). For *Sāhaṇi* or *Sāhiṇi* in the inscriptions of the Kannada-speaking area, cf. Kundangar, *Inscriptions of Northern Karnatak and Kolhapur*, p. 139, No. 16, etc.