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Glossary
 
PRĀTIBHĀVYA-The act of becoming a bail or
surety (AS' III. 11).º
 
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PRĀDEŠIKA—The governor of a province of the
Mauryan administration. (Asoka's Third Rock
Edict, Line 2).
 
PRAPTAPANCAMAHĀŠABDA-(1) A title or epi-
thet applied to a royal officer of a comparatively
higher status. (Cf. Nidhanpur C.P. Grant of
Bhāskara varma, line 133. Ed. Ind. Vol. XII).
(2) =Samadhigata-pañca-mahāśabda.¹
 
(3) The title indicates that the officer (or even
feudatory rulers) bearing this epithet were
entitled to be honoured by Pañcamahāśabda (i.e.
five kinds of musical instruments), or to
 
(4) The privilege of using five official titles begin-
ning with the word maha.
 
PRAPTAVYAVAHĀRA-One who has become a
 
major to take part in legal suits or to claim a
division of the paternal property and for other
similar purposes. A male becomes a major after
attaining 16 years and a female becomes a major
after attaining 12 years (see AS' III. 5 etc.).
 
BA
 
BANDHAKA-(1) Pledge or mortgage (Yajñāvalk-
ya II. 3.37).
 
(2) Same as Adhi. See Medhatithi on Manu
Sam. VIII. 149.
 
9. Cf. asāram bālaprātibhāvyam (A child's becoming the bail
will be invalid) (AS' III. 11).
 
1. D. C. Sircar, Indian Epigraphical Glossary, p. 256.
2. See, Pancamahāśabda.
 
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