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rājapurohita

Notes [S.] n. domestic priest serving the royal family. In case of the Śāhas the Arjyāla family held the post of the kings' purohita from the early Śāha period until a branch of the Pāṇḍe family took over this post after the Rāṇās came to power (Whelpton 1991: 201).
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