Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5268

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c6.5268

Sāmanta (IE 8-2; 8-3; EI 30; CII 3, 4; BL; HD), title of feudatory rulers; a feudatory smaller than the Rājan; a subordinate chief; also explained as ‘a minister’ (SITI). See Bomb. Gaz., Vol. XXI, p. 354; Ep. Ind., Vol. IX, p. 297. Cf. Mahāsāmanta.

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Epigraphia Indica
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum