[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) › c6.810 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.810 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.810 - **Language:** English ### [c6.810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.809](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.809) - [Next: c6.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.811) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.810) · Pramāṇa