[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) › c6.2774 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2774 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2774 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2774](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2773) - [Next: c6.2775](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2775) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2774](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2774) · Pramāṇa