[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c15.s2.t7.4 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s2.t7.4 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c15.s2.t7.4 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s2.t7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7.4) 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). - [Previous: c15.s2.t7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7.3) - [Next: c15.s2.t7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7.5) - [Up: c15.s2.t7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7) ## Cites (9) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit - [Mayidavōlu plates, time of Śiva-Skandavarman, year 10](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.pallava.mayidavolu-plates) — Prakrit - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) - [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia) - [A grant of king Dhruvasena I. of Valabhī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.west.maitraka.a-grant-of-king-dhruvasena-i-of-valabhi) — Sanskrit - [Śilāśāsanam at Baḷagāṁve of the time of Sōmēśvaradēva I and Chāvuṇḍarāya, Śaka 970](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.kalyana-calukya.silasasanam-at-balagamve-of-the-time-of-somesvaradeva-i-and) — Sanskrit - [Dantewara Hindi inscription of Dikpaladeva, Samvat 1760](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.kakatiya.dantewara-hindi-inscription-of-dikpaladeva-samvat-1760) — Hindi - [Kanheri Inscription (No. 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.rastrakuta.kanheri-inscription-no-15) — Sanskrit - [Baṅkāpūr Jain temple inscription of the Kādamba Harikēsaridēva (No. 2)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.kadamba.bankapur-jain-temple-inscription-of-the-kadamba) — Kannada --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c15.s2.t7.4) · Pramāṇa