Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.810

c6.810

*Bhaṭa* (IE 8-3; CII 3, 4; EI 30; HD), same as *Bhaṭa-manuṣya*; probably derived from *bhṛta* which is sometimes used in its place. Generally used along with *cāṭa* or *chātra*; literally, ‘a soldier’; but really a *Pāik*, *Barkandāz* or *Piāda*, i.e. a constable. It is spelt as *bhaṭṭa* in the medieval inscriptions of Eastern India, though rarely the two are distinguished. See *Bhaṭṭa*.