History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.259

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रायानक—A minister. The title occurs frequently in the Rājat. (vide VI. 117, 261). It was given for services to the king and survives in the form ‘Rāzdān’ as a family name among Kashmir brāhmaṇas. The word occurs in the Bhagalpur plate of Nārāyaṇapāla (I. A. vol. 15 pp. 304, 306), in the Parikud plate of Madhyama-rājadeva of Śailodbhava dynasty (E. I. XI pp. 281, 286). Vide Vogel p. 121 who remarks that the vassals of the Chamba king designated themselves in this way.