Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4596

c6.4596

*Pīṭhīpati* (BL), explained as ‘the lord of Magadha’ in the commentary of Sandhyākaranandin’s *Rāmacarita*; title of the head of the Buddhist religious institution at Bodhgayā, who was the precursor of the later *Mahant Mahārājas* of Bodhgayā. The word *pīṭhī* in this title is the same as *pīṭha* or *pīṭhikā* meaning the *vajrāsana* at Bodhgayā.