[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) › c6.5028 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5028 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5028 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5028](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5028) Rāṇaka (IE 8-2; EI 23, 30; CII 4; BL; HD), derived from Rājanaka, Rājānaka or Rājanyaka; a feudatory title; title of feudatory rulers and, later, of the nobility. Cf. \*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. XVII, p. 321. - [Previous: c6.5027](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5027) - [Next: c6.5029](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5029) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Nalanda Plate of Devapāla, year 35](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.bengal-charters.nalanda-plate-of-devapala-year-35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5028](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5028) · Pramāṇa