Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.743.1

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bappa (EI 29, 30; CII 3; etc.), a Prakrit word meaning ‘the father’, often used in Sanskrit inscriptions. Cf. *bappa-bhaṭṭāraka-pāda-parigṛhīta* (EI 31), epithet of certain rulers. *bappa-bhaṭṭāraka* (EI 4), ‘the father, the lord’. Cf. *bappa*. *bāra* (EI 13), Telugu; the distance between the ends of out-stretched arms. *bārāḍ*, derived from Sanskrit *varāṭa* or *varāṭaka*, ‘a cowrie-shell (used as money)’ (*JNSI*, Vol. XVI, p. 18). Cf. *varāṭikā*. *baraṭa* (CII 4), a plant grown for fencing. *bārhaspatya* (IA 11), name of a reckoning. *Barkandāz*, Persian; same as *Pāik* (q.v.). *bartanā* (IE 3-5), Rājasthānī; a blunt stick for writing on a wooden slate; same as *barthā*. *barthā* (IE 3-5), same as *bartanā*. *Basilēos Basilēon Mĕgalŏu* (IE 8-2), Greek; ‘of the great king of kings;’ used in the legend on the coins of the Scytho-Parthian kings; adapted from old Persian *Khshāthiya Khshāthiyānām*, ‘the king of kings’; translated into Prakrit as *Maharaja Rajarajasa* (or *Rajadirajasa*) *mahatasa* (Sanskrit *Mahārājasya Rājarājasya mahataḥ* or *Rājātirājasya mahataḥ*). *Basilēos Mĕgalŏu* (IE 8-2), Greek; ‘of the great king’, found in the legend on the coins of Indo-Greek kings at first translated in Prakrit as *Rajasa mahatakasa* (Sanskrit *Rājñaḥ mahataḥ*) and later as *Maharajasa* (Sanskrit *Mahārājasya*); adapted from old Persian *Khshāthiya vazrka*. *ba-ti* (IE 8-1), abbreviation of *bahula-pakṣa-tithi*. See *ba-di*.