Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.39

v3.c43.39

¹ [Pāsbān means ‘a watcher.’ Dr. Tessitori writes that the proper form of the word is Pāsvān or Pāsvāni, a term applied to the confidential domestics of a chief, and it is often, as in this case, synonymous with ‘ favourite.’ It denotes no particular caste, but is commonly applied to a slave favourite or concubine.]