[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c64.199 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.199 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.199 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v4.c64.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.198) - [Next: v4.c64.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.200) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) ## Cites (1) - [Yaśastilaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.campu.yasastilaka) — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.199) · Pramāṇa