[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) › c6.3333 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3333 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3333 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3333) 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. - [Previous: c6.3332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3332) - [Next: c6.3334](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3334) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3333) · Pramāṇa