Question

I. What do these terms mean?

a. Samanta:
b. Maha samanta:
c. Tripartite struggle:
d. Clan:
e. Ur:
f. Nadu:
g. Sabha:
h. Valanadu:
i. Maharaja-adhiraja:
j. Hiranya-garbha:
k. Accession:
l. Gopuram:
m. Shikhara:
n. Vellanvagai:

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Answer:

1. Samanta was a title and position used by the army people of kings in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
2. Maha Samanta refers to “great feudatories” and represents an official title used in the political management of townships in ancient India.
3. The Tripartite Struggle for control of northern India took place in the ninth century. The struggle was between the Pratihara Empire, the Pala Empire and the Rashtrakuta Empire.
4. Ur means the place where a person is born.
5. Nadu is generally used to refer the territory.
6. Sabha is an assembly, council or congregation.
7. Valanadu is one of the terms designating an ‘administrative division’ used in the inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh.Valanadu literally means in Tamil “a fertile country”.
8. Maharaj-Adhiraja was the grand title given to the ruling kings or Maharajas.
9. Hiranya-garbha is the source of the creation of universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic philosophy, as well as an avatar of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana.
10. Accession is the  attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power.
11. A gopuram or gopura is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the Dravidian architecture of the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana states of Southern India.
12. A Shikhara refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India, and also often used in Jain temples.
13. Vellanvagai is the land of non-Brahmin proprietors.