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> If a king for example has several wives, his first wife who is often
> called as "paTTamahishi". Only her son becoms the king next. This is
> so even if another queen produces a son before the paTTamahishi does.
> Only if paTTamahishi is child-less, another queen's son gains the
> eligibility.
Thank you for the explanation. Can someone also elaborate why the queen is
referred to a "mahishi" (it means gayde if I am not in error), and what
is the literal meaning of "paTTam"? As far as I know, there is no usage
that associates "dunnapOtu" with the king; the most common animal associated
with a king is of course the lion.
(I am not trying to be facetious here; though I admit that the literal
translation of "mahishi" made me snicker.)
Bapa Rao