[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) › c6.5475 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5475 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5475 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5475) \*Śarabhaṅga\* (IE 8-3; 8-8; EI 23), a leader of forces; an officer of the military department; possibly, a military governor; same as Persian \*Sarhang\* and Hindī \*Serāṅg\*; also spelt \*Sarabhaṅga\* and \*Sarobhaṅga\*; Wilson’s Glossary explains \*Sarhang\* as ‘a commander’ and says, “but \[it is\] generally applied in India to the headman of a native crew, whether on board a ship or a boat; also to the headman of a gang of natives attached to artillery, dragging guns, or to the army in general, as tent-pitchers, and the like, or to the head of gangs of a superior order of labourers employed in public or private works, in docks, buildings, etc.' Cf. Vogel, \*Ant. Ch. St.\*, pp. 123, 166 (spelt \*Sarobhaṅga\*), \*Ind. Cult.\*, Vol. VII, p. 309. Kane (\*Hist. Dharm.\*, Vol. III, p. 1005) is certainly wrong when he thinks that it may be connected with \*śarayantra\* and \*śarayantrin\* (a title bestowed in Mithilā upon a very learned man who faced the ordeal of answering satisfactorily all questions on any \*śāstra\* put to him by learned \*Ācāryas\* and also the questions put by common people). See \*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. XXXV, pp. 95 ff. See \*Sarāṅgha\*, \*Sarabhaṅga\*, etc. - [Previous: c6.5474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5474) - [Next: c6.5476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5476) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5475) · Pramāṇa