Chhatrapati

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).

Usage examples

Sangita Raga-Kalpa-druma (1842) by Krishnananda Vyasa contains dhrupad lyrics in which Tansen addresses Man Singh Tomar (r. c. 1486-1516), the ruler of Gwalior, as a Chhatrapati: "छत्रपति मान राजा, तुम चिरंजीव रहौ जौलो ध्रुव मेरू तारो".

The 1644 CE Rajsitapur inscription, issued by Amarasimha I of Jhalavad, uses the epithet Chhatrapati for the Mughal emperor Shahjahan.

The Maratha ruler Shivaji adopted the title Chhatrapati at the time of his coronation in 1674. 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.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Fairey, Jack; Farrell, Brian P. (28 June 2018). Empire in Asia: A New Global History: From Chinggisid to Qing. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-9123-4.
  2. ↑ द्विवेदी, राधेश्याम (1972). हिन्दी भाषा और साहित्य में ग्वालियर क्षेत्र का योगदान (in Hindi). Kailāśa Pustaka Sadana. p. 86. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Diskalkar, Dattatraya Balkrishna (1941). Inscriptions of Kathiawad. Karnarak publishing house. p. 345. Retrieved 9 March 2026. The epithet छत्रपति used with Shahajehan in this inscription deserves to be noted.
  4. ↑ Shashikant Govind Dhopate (1990). Parmeshwari Lal Gupta; Ajay Mitra Shastri (eds.). "An Early Half-hon of Shivaji". Numismatic Digest. 14. Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies: 55–56.

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