Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.203

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c6.203

*Ājñapti*, *Ājñāpti* (IE 8-3; EI 24, 27, 30; SII 1; HD), ‘the agency that obtains the command’; the executor of a grant; one who communicates, at the order of the king, the details about a land grant to local officers; probably the same as *Dūtaka*. *Cf. Ājñā*; also Tamil *Vāy-kkelvi*, *Vāy-kkelviyār*. See *Ind. Ep.*, pp. 143-44; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. VII, p. 184; Vol. VIII, p. 146. *Cf. Ājñā-sañcārin*.

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Kalucuṁbaṟṟu grant of Amma II — Sanskrit
Satalma plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya year 8 — Sanskrit