Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4078

c6.4078

*Pāda-padm-opajīvin* (CII 3; IA 18), ‘subsisting [like a bee] on the lotuses that are the feet of……’; a technical expression (often occurring in medieval South Indian inscriptions) for the relations of a feudatory or officer to his master; cf. *Pāda-piṇḍ-opajīvin*, *Pād-opajīvin*.