History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s2.t7.4
History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s2.t7.4
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¹ *Ibid.*, verse 140, (Stein, p. 133). According to Fleet also the above is the special significance of the term “pañca-mahāśabda” in the Rājatarangiṇī. But it usually denoted “the sounds of five great musical instruments (pañca-mahāvādya), the use of which was allowed, as a special mark of distinction to persons of high rank and authority (*Ep. Ind.*, XII, pp. 254-55). See also *Ind. Ant.*, I, p. 81; IV, pp. 106, 180, 204; XIII, p. 134, etc. Sometimes, however, the epithet was applied to paramount kings (*Ep. Ind.*, VI, p. 106; *C. I. I*, III, p. 296, n. 9).
Linked texts (9)
- Rājataraṅgiṇī — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mayidavōlu plates, time of Śiva-Skandavarman, year 10 — Prakrit
- Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum
- Indian Antiquary
- A grant of king Dhruvasena I. of Valabhī — Sanskrit
- Śilāśāsanam at Baḷagāṁve of the time of Sōmēśvaradēva I and Chāvuṇḍarāya, Śaka 970 — Sanskrit
- Dantewara Hindi inscription of Dikpaladeva, Samvat 1760 — Hindi
- Kanheri Inscription (No. 15) — Sanskrit
- Baṅkāpūr Jain temple inscription of the Kādamba Harikēsaridēva (No. 2) — Kannada