Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6066

c6.6066

*Talavara* (IE 8-2; EI 20, 28), a title of the nobility or of subordinate rulers in some cases (a *Rājasthānīya* according to Vinayavijaya’s *Subodhikā* commentary on the Jain *Kalpa-sūtra*); but the designation of the administrator of a city or of the police officer in charge of a city, according to some sources (Hemacandra explaining *Talāra* as *Nagara-rakṣaka*); cf. *Talāra*, *Talārī*, etc.; also *Mahātalavara*.