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बसिलेओस् (basileos)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Basilĕos Basilĕon Mĕgalŏu (IE 8-2), Greek
‘of the great
king of kings
used in the legend on the coins of the Scytho-
Parthian kings
adapted from old Persian Khshyāthiya Khshāya-
thiyānām, ‘the king of kings’
translated into Prakrit as Maha-
rajasa Rajarajasa (or Rajadirajasa) mahalasa (Sanskrit Mahā-
rājasya Rājarājasya mahataḥ or Rājātirājasya mahataḥ).
Basilĕos Mĕgalŏu (IE 8-2), Greek
‘of the great king’,
found in the legend on the coins of Indo-Greek kings at first
translated in Prakrit as Rajasa mahatakasa (Sanskrit Rājñaḥ
mahataḥ) and later as Maharajasa (Sanskrit Mahārājasya)
adapted from old Persian Kshāyathiya vazrka.