Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.23
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.23
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² 'Bhoja' may have reference to the king or chieftain as *ruler, protector* or *devourer* of his people (*Viśāmattā*). It appears as an official designation in several inscriptions of Southern India (*Ind. Ant.* 1876, 177; 1877, 25-28). In Mbh. I. 84. 22, it is applied to a ruler and his family who are deprived of many of the attributes of sovereignty (*arājā Bhojaśabdaṁ tvaṁ tatra prāpsyasi sānvayaḥ*).