Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3256
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3256
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*Mahāpīlupati* (IE 8-3; EI 28), ‘the great superintendent of elephants’; chief of the elephant corps; the master of elephants; sometimes also called *Mahārāja*, *Mahāsāmanta*, *Pañcādhikaraṇa-uparika*, *Mahāpratīhāra*, *Pāṭy-uparika*, *Purapāl-uparika*, etc., additionally. Cf. *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. IX, p. 298. The word *pīlu* is the same as Perso-Arabic *fīl*. See *Mahāpalupati* and *Pīlupati*.