A History of the Mahrattas v1.c12.98

v1.c12.98

¹ [Darya Sarang, i.e. ‘sea-commander,’ was probably the correct title of this sea-captain. In Mānkar’s translation of Krishnājī Anant’s life of Sivājī he appears both as Darya Sarang and (p. 102) as Darya-sawat Sāgar. Darya is Persian for ‘ocean.’ Mynak is clearly a corruption of Māi Nāik or Nāyak, mentioned by Mānkar as a naval commander; and Sarkar points out that Maa is Arabic for ‘water,’ and that the title Māi Nāik or Nāyak signifies ‘water-leader.’ (Shivaji and His Times, Calcutta (1919), p. 336) He was evidently by caste a Bandhārī (Bundaree), for an account of whom see footnote on Hetkaris, p. 175 f. infra, and B.G., x. 124.]