History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.200

v4.c62.200

The symbols of royalty viz. the umbrella, the chowries and the cane stick are brought in to the king by principal ministers. The Viṣṇudharmottara (II. 12) states that the *cāmara* for the king must be made from the tails of *camarī* deer and must be all white with a handle of gold or silver and that the one for a councillor or purohita should be yellowish, while the same purāṇa in 11. 13 describes the requisites of a royal umbrella. That the umbrella and cāmaras were inseparable emblems of sovereignty is emphasized by Kālidāsa in Raghuvaṁśa III. 16. Vide the Bṛhatsaṁhitā, chap. 71 and 72, for cāmara and umbrella.