Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5464

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Saptama-cakravartin (LP), ‘the seventh emperor’, i. e. the ruling monarch; according to the Abhidhānacintāmaṇi, the six older Cakravartins are: Māndhātā Dhundhumāraś=ca Hariścandraḥ Purūravāḥ | Bharataḥ Kārtavīryaś=ca ṣaḍ=ete cakravartinaḥ || *Sapta-mātṛ* (EI 23), the seven Divine Mothers.

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