{{Short description|Indian royal title}} {{About|the title of the Maratha head of state|the Telugu film|Chatrapathi (2005 film)}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}} '''Chhatrapati''' is a royal title from Sanskrit used to denote a king. The word "Chhatrapati" is a Sanskrit language compound word of ''chhatra'' (''parasol'' or ''umbrella'') and ''pati'' (''master/lord/ruler'').<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fairey|first1=Jack|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IlFuDwAAQBAJ&q=Chhatrapati+%22parasol%22+Maratha&pg=PA160|title=Empire in Asia: A New Global History: From Chinggisid to Qing|last2=Farrell|first2=Brian P.|date=2018-06-28|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4725-9123-4|language=en}}</ref>
== Usage examples ==
''Sangita Raga-Kalpa-druma'' (1842) by Krishnananda Vyasa contains dhrupad lyrics in which Tansen addresses Man Singh Tomar ({{r.c.}} 1486-1516), the ruler of Gwalior, as a Chhatrapati: "छत्रपति मान राजा, तुम चिरंजीव रहौ जौलो ध्रुव मेरू तारो".<ref>{{cite book | last=द्विवेदी | first=राधेश्याम | title=हिन्दी भाषा और साहित्य में ग्वालियर क्षेत्र का योगदान | publisher=Kailāśa Pustaka Sadana | date=1972 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/%25E0%25A4%25B9%25E0%25A4%25BF%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25A6%25E0%25A5%2580_%25E0%25A4%25AD%25E0%25A4%25BE%25E0%25A4%25B7%25E0%25A4%25BE_%25E0%25A4%2594%25E0%25A4%25B0.html?id=pIkRAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y | language=hi | access-date=8 March 2026 | page=86}}</ref>
The 1644 CE Rajsitapur inscription, issued by Amarasimha I of Jhalavad, uses the epithet ''Chhatrapati'' for the Mughal emperor Shahjahan.<ref>{{cite book | last=Diskalkar | first=Dattatraya Balkrishna | title=Inscriptions of Kathiawad | publisher=Karnarak publishing house | date=1941 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54106/page/n151/mode/1up | access-date=9 March 2026 | page=345 |quote=The epithet छत्रपति used with Shahajehan in this inscription deserves to be noted.}}</ref>
The Maratha ruler Shivaji adopted the title Chhatrapati at the time of his coronation in 1674.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Shashikant Govind Dhopate |title=An Early Half-hon of Shivaji |editor1=Parmeshwari Lal Gupta |editor2=Ajay Mitra Shastri |journal=Numismatic Digest |volume=14 |publisher=Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies |year=1990 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Numismatic_Digest/3lFmAAAAMAAJ |pages=55-56 }}</ref> His descendants - the members of the House of Bhonsle - also used the title, as the rulers of the Maratha Confederacy and the princely states of Satara and Kolhapur.
==See also== * List of Maratha rulers * House of Bhonsle * Maratha Empire * Maratha * Maratha titles
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==References== * {{note|1}} V. S. Kadam, 1993. ''Maratha Confederacy: A Study in Its Origin and Development''. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi. * D. B. Kasar, ''Rigveda to Rajgarh: Making of Shivaji the Great''. Manudevi Prakashan, Mumbai.
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