Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study)
by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah | 2014 | 67,792 words
This page relates 鈥楻oyal Titles鈥� of the English study on the Harshacharita: A Sanskrit (poetical work) which can be studied as a Historical book of Indian society during the 7th century. It was originally written by Banabhatta who based his Harsacarita on the life of the Gupta emperor Harshavardhana. This study researches the religion, philosophy, flora and fauna and society of ancient India as reflected in the Harsha-Charita.
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Part 5: Royal Titles
In simple term the king is known as 谤腻箩腻. But the Gupta rulers used selfimposed titles in the 7th century A.D.; the great king was called maha谤腻箩腻, who stood as the sovereign power in relation to the feudatories. It is found in the 贬补谤峁肠补谤颈迟补 that Prabh膩karavardhana was the first to be endowed with the title 谤腻箩腻dhir膩ja.[1] In the family inscriptions he is mentioned as 尘补丑腻谤腻箩补诲丑颈谤腻箩补 and 辫补谤补尘补产丑补峁弓腻谤补办补.[2] 叠腻峁嘺 mentions in the 贬补谤峁肠补谤颈迟补, that 贬补谤峁 was well-known as 辫补谤补尘别艣惫补谤补.[3] In the Madhuban copper plate inscription[4] 贬补谤峁 is called 辫补谤补尘补产丑补峁弓腻谤补办补, 尘补丑别艣惫补谤补 and mah膩谤腻箩腻dhir膩ja. R膩jyavadhana too adopted the title paramasaugata.[5] Moreover, they (three) were called 辫补谤补尘腻诲颈迟测补产丑补办迟补, which shows that they were great devotees of the Sun.[6] Queen Ya艣omat墨 (wife of Prabh膩karavardhana) got the title of 尘补丑腻诲别惫墨[7] also.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
辫谤补产丑腻办补谤补惫补谤诲丑补苍辞 苍腻尘补 谤腻箩腻dhir膩ja岣�, Ibid.,IV. p.56
[2]:
[a] See the Banskhera copper plate in Corpus Inscriptional Indicarum,IV, No.29.p.208
[b] Madhuban copper plate inscriptions, in Epigraphica Indica, vol.I,pp. 66
[4]:
Epigraphica Indica, vol.I,pp. 66
[5]:
Ibid.
[6]:
Corpus Inscriptional Indicarum,IV, No.29.p.208
[7]:
[a] ya艣omat墨 苍腻尘补 尘补丑腻诲别惫墨鈥�., 贬补谤峁肠补谤颈迟补, IV. p.58 [b] Epigraphica Indica, vol.I,pp. 66