Mahakshatrapa, Mahākṣatrapa, Maha-kshatrapa: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahākṣatrapa can be transliterated into English as Mahaksatrapa or Mahakshatrapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Mahākṣatrapa.—(IE 8-2, 8-3; EI 16, 27; CII 4; BL; ML; HD), the great Satrap or provincial governor; feudatory title of foreign origin; originally, title of a provincial governor; later the Śakas of Western India continued to use it even when they were practically independent. Cf. CII, Vol. II, p. 48. See Kṣatrapa. Note: mahākṣatrapa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Mahākṣatrapa (महाक्षत्रप).—a great satrap.
Derivable forms: mahākṣatrapaḥ (महाक्षत्रपः).
Mahākṣatrapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and kṣatrapa (क्षत्रप).
Mahākṣatrapa (महाक्षत्रप):—[=mahā-kṣatrapa] [from mahā > mah] m. a great satrap, [Inscriptions]
Mahākṣatrapa (महाक्षत्रप):—[(ma + kṣa)] m. Grosssatrap [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 3, 162. fg. 4, 155. 165. 171. 176. 186.]
Mahākṣatrapa (महाक्षत्रप):—m. Grosssatrap.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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