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महाप्रधान (mahApradhAna)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Mahāpradhāna (IE 8-3
EI 30
CII 4
BL
HD), ‘the
great minister’
‘the chief minister or administrator’
sometimes
also called Mahāsāmant-ādhipati, Antaḥpura-vĕrgaḍĕ (°ādhyakṣa),
Mahāpasāyita, Senāpati, Hĕri (Mahā) sandhivigrahika, Manĕ-
vĕrgaḍĕ, Kaḍitavĕrgaḍĕ, Senādhipati, Antaḥpur-ādhyakṣa, Hĕri-Lāḻa-
Kannaḍa-sandhivigrahin, Bhānasa-vĕrgaḍĕ, Accupanāyadadhiṣṭhāyaka,
Sarvādhikārin, Hĕri (Mahā) bhāṇḍāgārin, Bāhattaraniyogādhipati,
Paṭṭasāhaṇ-ādhiṣṭhāyaka, Senāpati, Daṇḍanāyaka, Mahāsāmanta,
Senādibhāhattaraniyog-ādhiṣṭhāyaka, Mahāmātya, Paramaviśvāsin,
Mahāparamaviśvāsin, etc., additionally. Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. V, p. 28.
(SITI), senior councillor of the king, usually a military
officer
same as Mahāpradhāni. See Pradhāna.