History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.95

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दण्डनायक—Various meanings are assigned by several scholars. Stein on Rājatar. VII. 951 takes it to mean 'prefect of police'. In many cases it appears to mean a 'General or Magistrate'. In E. I. VII, Appendix No. 291, 292 and 296 Ins. of the years 1178 to 1181 A. D. there is one Keśimayya styled 'daṇḍanāyaka' lower in rank than mahāmaṇḍaleśvara. Vide also Ins. of Jayakeśi Kadamba of 1125 A. D. in E. I. XIII p. 298 and p. 317 (Daṇḍanāyaka Lakkharasa), JBBRAS XII p. 11 in śake 1145 (Daṇḍanāyaka Puruṣottama of Yādava Singhaṇa), the Abhir Ins. in E. I. V p. 234 where one Mahādevarasa is styled mahāsāmantādhipati and daṇḍanāyaka and his subordinate Māyideva is also called 'daṇḍanāyaka' (about 1153 A. D.), in several Kalacurya Inscriptions (E. I. V p. 24 at p. 28, E. I. V. p. 213 at p. 215). Lakaṇṇa and Mādaṇṇa were daṇḍanāyakas of Devarāya II of Vijayanagara (about 1388 śake) in E. I. XV at p. 15. Vide p. 115 and n. 152 above. E. I. XIX p. 265 at p. 269 (grant of Dharmarāja ) reads 'daṇḍanāyaka'. In Bṛ. Saṁ. 72. 4 the queen, yuvarāja, senāpati and daṇḍanāyaka are placed on the same level in the matter of the staff (daṇḍa) to be prepared for them.