History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.199

v4.c64.199

महातलवर—The functions of this high officer are not clear. See the Nagarjunikoṇḍa Ins. in E. I. XX at pp. 6 and 16 where a person is styled mahāsenāpati and mahātalavara. Has the word anything to do with the modern word 'talvār' meaning a sword? If it has then it would mean 'a great swordsman'. The word 'taravāri' in the sense of a double-edged sword occurs in the Yaśastilaka I. p. 50.