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पीठीपति (pIThIpati)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Pīṭhīpati (BL), explained as ‘the lord of Magadha’ in the
commentary of Sandhyākaranandin's Rāmacarita
title of the head
of the Buddhist religious institution at Bodhgayā, who was
the precursor of the later Mahant Mahārājas of Bodhgayā.
The word pīṭhī in this title is the same as pīṭha or pīṭhikā meaning
the vajrāsana at Bodhgayā.