History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.266

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¹⁴⁹ This is a meaning of *pañcamahāśabda* which is peculiar to the Rājataraṅgiṇī. Elsewhere that title generally means one before whom were beaten the five musical instruments. In the Talcher grant of Kulastambha in the 9th century the epithet 'samadhigata-pañcamahāśabda' is applied to a king (mahārājādhirāja) in E. I. vol. XII p. 157, while in an Inscription from Yewur of about 1040 A. D. it is applied to a mahāmaṇḍaleśvara (E. I. vol. XII. p. 269). In the Pimpari plates of Dhārāvarṣa Dhruvarāja dated śake 697 the same title is applied to a minister described as महासन्धिविग्रहाधिकृतसामन्त (E. I. vol. X. p. 89). Vide J B B R A S (New series) vol. I pp. 238-245, VII. 487, VIII. 93 for discussion.