History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.42
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.42
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करणिक—Officer in charge of a State department or office. The word occurs in the Nālandā stone Ins. of Yaśovarmadeva's reign about 530 A. D. in E. I. XX p. 37 at p. 44, in the Chatsu Ins. of Guhilot Bālāditya of about the 10th century in E. I. XII p. 10 at p. 17, in a grant dated *saṁvat* 1203 of Govindacandra's son in E. I. VIII p. 158 (where we have 'karaṇika-ṭhakkura-śrīvivīka), in E. I. XX Appendix p. 52 No. 350 of *saṁvat* 1228 (about the donation of a karaṇika-brāhmaṇa-Chāhaḍa).