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महाप्रतिहार (mahApratihAra)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Mahāpratihāra, Mahāpratīhāra (IE 8-2
EI 30
CII 3
BL), head of the door-keepers of the palace or the king's
chamber, or of the capital
city
sometimes explained as ‘the
chief usher’ (CII 4). See Pratihāra.
(HD), the superior officer above all door-keepers, the
great chamberlain. See Kādambarī, para. 97
Rājataraṅgiṇī, IV.
142
Ep. Ind., Vol. X, p. 75
etc.
(IE 8-2), one of the designations often included in the
pañca-mahāśabda, as indicated by the Rājataraṅgiṇī.
(IE 8-3), sometimes also called Mahārāja, Mahāsāmanta,
Mahāpīlupati, Pañcakaraṇ-oparika, Pāṭy-uparika, Purapāl-oparika,
etc., additionally.