Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3333

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Mahāsāmanta (IE 8-2, 8-3; EI 30; CII 3, 4; BL), ‘the great chieftain’; title of a feudatory of a higher rank than the Sāmanta; sometimes called Mahārāja, Mahāpratīhāra, Pañcakaraṇ-oparika, Pāṭy-uparika, Purapāl-oparika, Senādibāhattara-niyogādhiṣṭhāyaka, Mahāpradhāna, Sarvādhikārin, Mahāpasāyita, Daṇḍanāyaka, etc., additionally. Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. II, p. 217; Vol. IX, p. 107.

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