Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5058

c6.5058

rāṣṭra (IE 8-3, 8-4; EI 9, 23; CII 4; LL), a district or its subdivision; often the subdivision of a district; cf. Śātavāhanīya-rāṣṭra; also Kona-rāṣṭra (EI 32), variously called deśa, maṇḍala, sīma, sthala, etc.