[INDOLOGY] Tantrapāla

[Martin Gansten]

Thank you, Patricia, that's one place I hadn't looked. The meaning 
'commander of (a subdvision of) an army', particularly the infantry, was 
also suggested privately by Walter Slaje and is almost certainly 
correct. The meaning 'army' for tantra (and 'soldier' for tantrin) is 
found in most dictionaries, but Walter tells me it is very common in the 
Rājataraṅgiṇīs of Kalhaṇa, Jonarāja, Śrīvara and Śuka, the first of 
which is roughly right for the period and geographic area that I'm 
interested in. Thanks to all who replied to my query!

Best wishes,
Martin


Den 2022-07-04 kl. 03:17, skrev Patricia Sauthoff:
> The Indian Epigraphical Glossary 
> <https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/IEGScan/2020/web/webtc/indexcaller.php> givestantrapāla 
> <https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-apidev/servepdf.php?dict=IEG&page=337> 
> as "chief of the army" and other high level positions of protector of 
> kings, which seems to fit your verse.
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 1:40 AM Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY 
> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>     I wonder if anyone knowledgeable about (north)western India around
>     the 13th century might have an idea about how the epithet
>     tantrapāla should be understood in that context? I am looking at
>     these two verses from an astrological text:
>
>     kasya samīpe candro ravimuthaśilage nṛpatipārśve |
>     śaninā ca muthaśile ’smin nīcānām ijyamuthaśile ca satām ||
>     śukreṇa ca yuvatīnāṃ jñena vyavahāripaṇḍitānāṃ ca |
>     bhaumena <ca> śatrūṇāṃ krūreśānāṃ ca tantrapālānām ||
>
>     'In whose company is the moon? If it forms a /muthaśila /[Ar.
>     /muttaṣil/, applying aspect] with the sun, [the querent travels]
>     at the side of the king; if it has a /muthaśila /with Saturn, [at
>     the side] of low people, and if a /muthaśila /with Jupiter, of
>     good people; with Venus, of women; with Mercury, with merchants
>     and scholars; with Mars, of his enemies, cruel lords and
>     /tantrapālas/.'
>
>     The standard dictionaries failling me, I did a simple web search,
>     which turned up some suggestions; but the present context seems to
>     call for something more warlike, violent and/or sinister than just
>     'high official' or 'secretary of council'.
>
>     Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
>
>     Martin Gansten
>
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> Patricia Sauthoff, PhD
> Assistant Lecturer
> Department of History, Classics, and Religion
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Canada
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