Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2774

Language: English

c6.2774

*Khaṇḍarakṣa* (IE 8-3; HD), sometimes spelt as *Khaḍgarakṣa*, ‘swordsman’; probably the king’s bodyguard; mentioned separately from *Khāḍgika*; *cf. Khaṇḍapāla*; also *Khaṇḍāit*; sometimes regarded as the same as *Khaṇḍapāla* meaning the ruler of a small territorial unit. See *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XVII, p. 321. *Cf. Khaḍgarakṣa* (Vogel, *Ant. Ch. St.*, pp. 127-28).

Previous: c6.2773
Next: c6.2775
Up: c6