Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3126
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3126
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Mahādaṇḍanāyaka (IE 8-2, 8-3; EI 30; CII 3,4; BL.; HD); commander of forces; also called Khādya(kū*) ṭapākika, Sāndhivigrahika, Kumārāmātya, etc., additionally; one of the designations sometimes included in the pañca-mahāśabda; cf. the case of Maitraka Dhruvasena I {Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 7; Ind. Ant., Vol. IV, p. 105). The five mahāśabdas applied to Dhruvasena are Mahādaṇḍanāyaka, Mahāsāmanta, Mahāpratīhāra, Mahākārtākṛtika and Mahārāja. See Daṇḍanāyaka, Sarvadaṇḍanāyaka, Mahāsarvadaṇḍanāyaka, Daṇḍapati.