[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) › c6.4751 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4751 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4751 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4751) \*Pratihāra\*, \*Pratīhāra\* (EI 23; BL), also called \*Pratīhārin\* (EI 3, 23), ‘a door-keeper’; but cf. \*Mahāpratīhāra\* who was a high officer; officer in charge of the defence of the royal palace or bed-chamber or the head of the guards of the city gate; a chamberlain or inditer of grants, according to some (HD); personal attendant of a king, according to others (CII; 4). See \*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. VIII, p. 73; Vol. IX, p. 192; Bṛhaspati quoted by Viśvarūpa on the \*Yājñavalkyasmṛti\*, I. 307 (for his qualifications); \*Mahābhārata\*, Ādiparvan, 85. 28-29; \*Viṣṇudharmottara\*, II. 24. 12; Śukra, I. 121. Cf. \*Antaḥ-pratīhāra\* (IE 8-3), \*Rajju-pratīhāra\*. - [Previous: c6.4750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4750) - [Next: c6.4752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4752) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (4) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.307) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.1.121) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4751) · Pramāṇa