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खण्डरक्ष (khaNDarakSa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
खण्डरक्ष khaNDarakSa
m.
superintendent of wards
Monier Williams Cologne
English
खण्ड—रक्ष
m.
superintendent of wards,
Jain.
Inscr.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Khaṇḍarakṣa (IE 8-3
HD), sometimes spelt as Khaḍga-
rakṣa, ‘swordsman’
probably the king's bodyguard
mentioned
separately from Khāḍgika
cf. Khaṇḍapāla
also Khaṇḍāit
some-
times regarded as the same as Khaṇḍapāla meaning the ruler
of a small territorial unit. See Ep. Ind., Vol. XVII, p. 321.
Cf. Khaḍgarakṣa (Vogel, Ant. Ch. St., pp. 127-28).
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
खण्डरक्ष n. superintendent of wards, JRAS. Beng. 47, 405, 34. Nach Leumann, Aup. Gl. Zollwächter.