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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6066

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6066

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### [c6.6066](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*.

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## Cites (1)

- [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

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