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तन्त्रपाल (tantrapAla)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Tantrapāla (SITI), chief of the army.
(IE 8-3
EI 33), probably, officer in charge of adminis-
tration
cf. Mahātantr-ādhyakṣa, Sarva-tantr-ādhikṛta, Tantra-
pati and Mahātantr-ādhikṛta, etc.
(HD), an officer like the Chargé-d' Affaires, according to
some
cf. Tantrapāla-Mahāsāmanta-Mahādaṇḍanāyaka (Ep. Ind.,
Vol. XIV, p. 185
cf. Vol. V, p. 77).
(Hyderabad Archaeological Series, No. 18, p. 34), explained
as ‘an officer of the king's bodyguard or royal retinue.’
(Ep. Ind., Vol. XV, p. 77), explained as ‘a councillor.’
(SII 11-2), cf. Tantrapālaradhiṣṭhāyaka
also Tantra-
pāladadhiṣṭhāyaka (A. R. Ep., 1958-59, p. 12).