India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s1.23

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s1.23

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c12.s1.23

In the same *gaṇa* after *Mahishī* comes *Prajāvatī*, mother of princes, and her salary is called *prājāvata*. Kauṭilya also mentions both the Chief Queen and the mother of princes (*Rāja-mahishī*, *kumāra-mātṛi*) in the Civil List, the former receiving 48,000 and the latter 12,000 silver *paṇas* per year (*Artha.* V.3, p. 247). The Chief Queen (*Ajja-mahesi*) is frequently mentioned in the *Jātakas* (V.22; VI.31) and distinguished from *pajāpatī* (I.398; Sanskrit *prajāvatī*), a title applied to all other queens except the Chief Queen.

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Linked texts (2)

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Jātaka — Pāli