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गमागमिक (gamAgamika)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Gamāgamika (IE 8-3
EI 4, 23
CII 4
HD), same as
Gamāgamin
official designation
probably, an officer in charge
of regulating the people's entrance and departure into cities
explained by some as ‘a kind of messenger’ (Ind. Ant., Vol.
XV, p. 306). Utpala on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, 85. 34, explains
Dūta as Gamāgamika, though some Pāla inscriptions have dūta-
khola-gamāgamik-ābhitvaramāṇa (Ep. Ind., Vol. IV, pp. 250,
text line 45).
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
गमागमिक m. Unterhändler, Botschafter, JRAS. Beng. 47, 405, 35.