Chhatrapati is a royal title from Sanskrit used to denote a king. The word "Chhatrapati" is a Sanskrit language compound word of chhatra (parasol or umbrella) and pati (master/lord/ruler).[1]
Usage examples
Sangita Raga-Kalpa-druma (1842) by Krishnananda Vyasa contains dhrupad lyrics in which Tansen addresses Man Singh Tomar (Template:R.c. 1486-1516), the ruler of Gwalior, as a Chhatrapati: "छत्रपति मान राजा, तुम चिरंजीव रहौ जौलो ध्रुव मेरू तारो".[2]
The 1644 CE Rajsitapur inscription, issued by Amarasimha I of Jhalavad, uses the epithet Chhatrapati for the Mughal emperor Shahjahan.[3]
The Maratha ruler Shivaji adopted the title Chhatrapati at the time of his coronation in 1674.[4] His descendants - the members of the House of Bhonsle - also used the title, as the rulers of the Maratha Confederacy and the princely states of Satara and Kolhapur.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Empire in Asia: A New Global History: From Chinggisid to Qing{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bloomsbury Publishing(2018-06-28). ISBN 978-1-4725-9123-4
- ↑ हिन्दी भाषा और साहित्य में ग्वालियर क्षेत्र का योगदान{{#if:द्विवेदी|, द्विवेदी}. Kailāśa Pustaka Sadana(1972)
- ↑ Inscriptions of Kathiawad{{#if:Diskalkar|, Diskalkar}. Karnarak publishing house(1941)
- ↑ An Early Half-hon of Shivaji. Numismatic Digest({Template:Year).
References
- Template:Note V. S. Kadam, 1993. Maratha Confederacy: A Study in Its Origin and Development. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi.
- D. B. Kasar, Rigveda to Rajgarh: Making of Shivaji the Great. Manudevi Prakashan, Mumbai.