[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) › c6.2716 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2716 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2716 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2716](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2716) Kāyastha (EI 24; ASLV; HD), a clerk; explained by some as ‘a registrar’ (EI 31); a scribe or writer in the king's revenue department according to some. See Yājñavalkyasmṛti, I. 322; Viṣṇu Dharma Sūtra, VII. 3; etc. Cf. Aśvaghāsa-kāyastha and Grāma-kāyastha (Rājatarangiṇī, V. 175; IHQ, Vol. IX, p. 12). See also Hist. Dharm., Vol. II, pp. 75-77. For derivation, cf. Bhār. Vid., Vol. X, pp. 280 ff. - [Previous: c6.2715](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2715) - [Next: c6.2717](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2717) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Linked texts (4) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.5.175) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.7.3) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.322) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2716](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2716) · Pramāṇa