[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) › c6.5268 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5268 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5268 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.5267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5267) - [Next: c6.5269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5269) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5268) · Pramāṇa