[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) › c6.3126 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3126 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3126 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3126) 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. - [Previous: c6.3125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3125) - [Next: c6.3127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3127) - [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) - [A grant of king Dhruvasena I. of Valabhī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.west.maitraka.a-grant-of-king-dhruvasena-i-of-valabhi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3126) · Pramāṇa