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करणिक (karaNika)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
करणिक karaNika
m.
servant
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Karaṇika (CII 4
BL), official designation of a scribe
the
writer of legal documents
explained by some as ‘an officer
in charge of a State department or office’ (HD)
but really,
a scribe. Cf. karaṇika-ṭhakkura (i. e. a Karaṇika who enjoyed the
dignity of a Ṭhakkura) in Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 44
Vol. VIII,
p. 158
and Karaṇika-Brāhmaṇa (i. e. a Karaṇika who belonged
to the Brāhmaṇa community) in Bhandarkar's List, No. 350.
See Mahākaraṇika.
(EI 6
ASLV), same as Korṇam or Senabova
a village
accountant.
Cf. Vāśal-karaṇikam (SITI), same as Vāśal-kaṇakkam
(°gaṇaka).