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महापीलुपति (mahApIlupati)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
महा—पीलु—पति
m.
(?),
Uṇ.
i, 38, Sch.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Mahāpīlupati (IE 8-3
EI 28), ‘the great superintendent
of elephants’
chief of the elephant corps
the master of ele-
phants
sometimes also called Mahārāja, Mahāsāmanta, Pañcā-
dhikaraṇ-oparika, Mahāpratīhāra, Pāṭy-uparika, Purapāl-oparika,
etc., additionally. Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. IX, p. 298. The word
pīlu is the same as Perso-Arabic fīl. See Mahāpalupati and Pīlupati.