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समधिगतपञ्चमहाशब्द (samadhigatapaJcamahAzabda)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Samadhigata-pañca-mahāśabda (IE 8-2
CII 3), a customary
epithet of feudatory rulers, indicating that they were entitled
to the privilege of the pañca-mahāśabda (five kinds of musical
instruments), or of using five official titles beginning with the
word mahā. There are a few instances in which the epithet
is applied to paramount sovereigns in South India. The title
is sometimes stated to have been conferred on a feudatory by
his overlord. See mahāśabda, etc.