[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) › c6.3207 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3207 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3207 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3207) \*Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara\* (IE 8-2; EI 30; CII 4; HD; BL; SITI; CITD), according to the lexicons, a sovereign ruler who is the lord of 40 yojanas of land and a lakh of villages; but, in insciriptions, generally, the governor of a district or province; title of a feudatory ruler or governor (see Bomb. Gaz., Vol. XXI, p. 354); see Maṇḍaleśvara essentially meaning ‘the ruler of a maṇḍala or district’; also called Mahāmaṇḍalika, etc.,. cf. Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar-ādhipati. The status of a Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara seems to have been superior to that of a Maṇḍaleśvara, while Mahāmaṇḍaleśvarādhipati apparently enjoyed a still higher rank. - [Previous: c6.3206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3206) - [Next: c6.3208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3208) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3207) · Pramāṇa