[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) › c6.827 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.827 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.827 - **Language:** English ### [c6.827](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.827) \*Bhaṭṭāraka\* (IE 8-2; CII 3; EI 30), title used in Sanskrit but really Prakrit derived from Sanskrit \*bhartṛ\* through the plural form \*bhartāraḥ\*=Prakrit \*bhaṭṭāra\* (see \*Svāmin\*); often suffixed to the personal names of paramount sovereigns as well as of feudatory \*Mahārājas\*, or \*Yuvarājas\* (crown-princes); applied to gods and priests in the sense of ‘worthy of worship or sacred’. Cf. \*bappa-bhaṭṭāraka-pāda-parigṛhīta\*, \*bhaṭṭāraka-Mahāsena-parigṛhīta\*, etc. - [Previous: c6.826](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.826) - [Next: c6.828](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.828) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.827](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.827) · Pramāṇa