History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.23
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.23
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आज्ञा—a synonym of आज्ञप्ति. Vide Parle plate of Indravarman in E. I. XIV p. 360 at p. 362 (of the Gaṅga year 149) where the words are ‘ājñā mahāmahattara-Śivavarmā’. When in the Gupta Ins. No. 25 at p. 115 (of Mahārāja Saṅkṣobha) or in the plate of Droṇasiṁha in the Valabhi year 183 in E. I. XVI at p. 19 the words at the end are ‘svayam-ājñā’ the meaning is that the king employed no *dūtaka* to convey the details of his grant to the local officers but that he gave the details in person.