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पञ्चकुल (paJcakula)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
pañcakula (IE 8-3
EI 5, 25
CII 4
LP
HRS), the Pañ-
cāyat Board
an assembly of administrators and arbitrators,
usually consisting of five members
a board of administration
charged with control of the customs house, with the deposit of
property of persons dying without heirs into the royal treasury,
etc.
also called pañcapa (EI 4)
members of such a board
ac-
cording to some, an officer over a certain number of villages
(HD). Cf. Ind. Ant., Vol. XI, p. 242. Cf. Pañcavīra, Pāñca-
kulika, añjaṣṭa-sabhā, etc.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
°पञ्चकुल m. officer, Harṣac. 286, 9
a government officer, Prabandh. 33, 5 etc. Vgl. Tawney, S. 18, Anm. 1). Beamter, ebenda 302, 6 v.u.