Dear list,

Thanks for your response to my question on Indology.  Having seen the Sircar definition of purapati, my question was really about what it would mean to be the "mayor" of Delhi in the Sultanate period. If the patron on this inscription, Uḍḍhara, was a purapati during the reign of Ghiyath ud-Dīn Balban, would that make him a sort of government functionary in the Sultanate? What is the remit of a purapati? Also what valence does the term Yoginīpura have? It is used twice in conjunction with Delhi in Jonarāja’s Rājataraṅgiṇī.  Completed in 1459, it speaks of the citizens of Yoginīpura (yoginīpurapaura) in verse 381 “lord of Yoginīpura” (yoginīpuranātha) in verse 441. Both of these references come during the account of the Kaśmīrī Sultan Shiḥāb ad-Din, who reigned from 1355-1373. 

Thanks again for your responses, and I appreciate any thoughts!

Best,

Luther

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Lubomír Ondračka <ondracka@ff.cuni.cz> wrote:
Dear Luther,

see Sircar's Glossary (p. 266):

Purapati (EI 25), mayor of a town; cf. Pura-pradhāna, Puraśreṣṭhin, Nagara-śreṣṭhin, Purillaka, etc.

Best,
Lubomir



On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:17:31 -0400
luther obrock via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have recently been puzzling over the Palam Baoli inscription from the
> 13th of August, 1276 CE. I am particularly interested in the term purapati
> as it appears in this verse:
>
> *śrīyoganīpuram iti prathitābhidhāne *
>
> *ḍhillīpure purapati sukṛtī vabhūva |*
>
> *śrīmān aśeṣaguṇarāśir apetadoṣo*
>
> *dhīmān udattamatir uḍḍharanāmadheyaḥ ||13||*
>
>
> Prasad translates it as "householder" in *The Inscriptions of the Delhi
> Sultanate.* I was wondering if anything further could be said of the term,
> or if anyone had seen this term in other inscriptions.
>
>
> Any leads would be appreciated!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Luther Obrock