History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c12.s4.25

c12.s4.25

XII. Kumārāmātya, literally a counsellor of the prince.³ But it may also be explained as “Kaumārād ārabhya amātyaḥ,” or “one who was in the service of the king from the time when he was a boy.”⁴ This office frequently occurs in Gupta records, and so some scholars interpret it as referring to the princes of the blood royal “who formed a council of the nobles, and who were consulted by the ruling chiefs on points of imperial importance.”⁵