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Glossary
was followed in the South India. In this sense
the term Pañcamāhavadya was also used.
(2) The five official designations, beginning
with the word maha, which could be applied
simultaneously to an officer indicating his higher
status. The five designations might have been
some of the titles like, Mahasamanta, Maha-
pratīhāra, Mahādaṇḍanayaka, Mahamantri,
Mahādoḥ sādhanika, etc.³ This meaning of the
term was followed in the Northern India.
PAŅA (1) A coin of silver or copper. Kautilya in
AS V. 3 gives a long list of officials who are to
be paid various salaries in Paṇas, fixed by him.
(2) In AŚ II. 12 it is instructed that the Pana
is to be made mainly with silver with one-fourth
quantity of copper and one-sixth part of anyone
of a few other metals, viz. Tīkṣṇa, Trapu, Sīsā
and Anjana.
PANYADHYAKSA-Superintendent of markets.
He was required to organise the sale of govern-
ment products (i.e., the products of the public
sector) and to organise the import of goods
needed for the locality. The details of his duties
are given in AŚ II. 16.
PATTANA-A port or a seaside town. (AŚ II. 28).
PATTI (1) A foot soldier.
2. D. C. Sircar, Indian Epigraphical Glossary, p. 230.
3. P. N. Bhattacharya, Kamarupaśāsanāvalī, p. 42.
4. D. C. Sircar, loc. cit.
103
5. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 102.
6. Cf. lakṣaṇādhyakṣaḥ caturbhagatāmraṁ rupyarupam tīkṣṇa-
trapu-sīsā-njanā-nāmanyatama-māṣa-vijyauktaṁ kārayet. paṇam
ardhapanaṁ padam aṣṭabhāgam iti (AŚ II. 12).
Cf. also Shamasastry, AS. Trans., p. 86,
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was followed in the South India. In this sense
the term Pañcamāhavadya was also used.
(2) The five official designations, beginning
with the word maha, which could be applied
simultaneously to an officer indicating his higher
status. The five designations might have been
some of the titles like, Mahasamanta, Maha-
pratīhāra, Mahādaṇḍanayaka, Mahamantri,
Mahādoḥ sādhanika, etc.³ This meaning of the
term was followed in the Northern India.
PAŅA (1) A coin of silver or copper. Kautilya in
AS V. 3 gives a long list of officials who are to
be paid various salaries in Paṇas, fixed by him.
(2) In AŚ II. 12 it is instructed that the Pana
is to be made mainly with silver with one-fourth
quantity of copper and one-sixth part of anyone
of a few other metals, viz. Tīkṣṇa, Trapu, Sīsā
and Anjana.
PANYADHYAKSA-Superintendent of markets.
He was required to organise the sale of govern-
ment products (i.e., the products of the public
sector) and to organise the import of goods
needed for the locality. The details of his duties
are given in AŚ II. 16.
PATTANA-A port or a seaside town. (AŚ II. 28).
PATTI (1) A foot soldier.
2. D. C. Sircar, Indian Epigraphical Glossary, p. 230.
3. P. N. Bhattacharya, Kamarupaśāsanāvalī, p. 42.
4. D. C. Sircar, loc. cit.
103
5. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 102.
6. Cf. lakṣaṇādhyakṣaḥ caturbhagatāmraṁ rupyarupam tīkṣṇa-
trapu-sīsā-njanā-nāmanyatama-māṣa-vijyauktaṁ kārayet. paṇam
ardhapanaṁ padam aṣṭabhāgam iti (AŚ II. 12).
Cf. also Shamasastry, AS. Trans., p. 86,
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