[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.2596 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2596 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2596 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2596) Karaṇika (CII 4; BL), official designation of a scribe; the writer of legal documents; explained by some as ‘an officer in charge of a State department or office’ (HD); but really, a scribe. Cf. Karaṇika-ṭhakkura (i.e. a Karaṇika who enjoyed the dignity of a Ṭhakkura) in Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 44; Vol. VIII, p. 158; and Karaṇika-Brāhmaṇa (i.e. a Karaṇika who belonged to the Brāhmaṇa community) in Bhandarkar’s List, No. 350. See Mahākaraṇika. - [Previous: c6.2595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2595) - [Next: c6.2597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2597) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (3) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) - [Plate of Govindachandra and the Mahārājaputra Rājyapāla of \[Vikrama-\]Saṁvat 1200 \[1203\]](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.gahadavala.plate-of-govindachandra-and-the-maharajaputra-rajyapala-of) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2596) · Pramāṇa