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चौरोद्धरणिक (cauroddharaNika)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
चौरोद्धरणिक
m.
‘thief-extirpator’, a thief-catcher.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Caur-oddharaṇika (IE 8-3
EI 23
CII 3), an official desig-
nation indicating an officer in charge of the recovery of stolen
property
a police officer
same as Cor-oddharaṇika, Caur-oddhartṛ.
(HD
CII, Vol. III, p. 216), explained as ‘the thief-catcher
or one who exterminates thieves’. But cf. Daṇḍ-odddharaṇika.