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कुमारामात्य (kumArAmAtya)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Kumār-āmātya (IE 8-3
CII 3, 4
BL
HD), probably
‘an Amātya enjoying the status of a Kumāra’. Cf. Tamil
piḻḻaigaḻ-tanam (SITI), ‘the status of a Piḻḻai (prince)’, an
officers’ cadre mainly composed of the junior members of
the royal family. See Proc. 6th AIOC, pp. 211 ff.
Vogel,
Ant. Ch. St., p. 123.
(IE 8-3), in one case, a Kumār-āmātya was at first a
Mantrin, but later became a Mahābalādhikṛta
in another case,
a Kumārāmātya was also a Mantrin. Cf. Kumāra-mahāpātra, etc.
Cf. Kumāra-varga=piḻḻaigaḻ-tanam (SITI), literally, ‘the
status of the Piḻḻai or prince’
supposed to be an officers’ cadre
composed mainly of the junior members of the royal family.
(IE 8-3), also called Khādya(kū*)ṭapākika, Sāndhivigrahika,
Mahādaṇdanāyaka, etc., additionally.