Maharani

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Maharani is a Sanskrit-derived royal title used in South Asia for a queen or the wife of a maharaja, often signifying a high-ranking female ruler or consort.

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Label Occurrences
Maharani canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit term
honorific
royal title
appliedTo non-sovereign royal consorts
sovereign queens
culturallyAssociatedWith Indian royal courts
palace hierarchy
denotes high-ranking female ruler
queen
royal consort
wife of a maharaja
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Maha NERFINISHED
Rani
grammaticalGender feminine
hasGenderAssociation female
hasMaleEquivalent Maharaja NERFINISHED
hasShortForm Rani NERFINISHED
higherRankThan Rani
historicalContext princely states of the Indian subcontinent
languageOfOrigin Sanskrit NERFINISHED
meaning great queen
oftenIndicates spouse of a ruling maharaja
relatedTitle Maharaja NERFINISHED
Rajmata NERFINISHED
Rani NERFINISHED
scriptUsed Devanagari
semanticField aristocracy
monarchy
socialStatusIndicated nobility
royalty
titleFor female monarch
queen consort
queen regnant
transliteration Mahārāṇī
usedBy Hindu royal families
Princely states of British India NERFINISHED
Rajput dynasties NERFINISHED
Sikh royal families
usedInCountry Bangladesh NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED
usedInPeriod British Raj NERFINISHED
early modern India
medieval India
post-independence ceremonial contexts
usedInRegion South Asia NERFINISHED
usedInReligionContext Hinduism NERFINISHED
Sikhism NERFINISHED

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarabai (as regent for Shivaji II) title Maharani
subject surface form: Tarabai
Yesubai title Maharani
Tarabai title Maharani
Tribhuwana royalTitle Maharani
subject surface form: Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi