The basis for my recalling is Kaali-daasa's Maalavikagnimitra,  prose passage before verse 5.15.


Dear Arlo,

As I recall, the title senaa-pati is used for Pu.sya-mitra ;Su:nga even when he had become a de facto ruler. 

ashok aklujkar


On 2011-09-21, at 11:37 PM, Arlo Griffiths wrote:

are we to imagine that these were all military men in a literal sense? Or may we imagine a militaristic model of the state where even those high functionaries who were not actually ever leading armies were nevertheless awarded military titles?