Pradhan senapati (Nepali: प्रधानसेनापति), literally meaning "chief general" (with the word pradhan meaning "chief") but usually translated as "chief of the army staff", is the title of the professional head of the Nepalese Army. The rank was considered to be an equivalent of a general of the army. An even higher rank, that of atirathi, was held by the King of Nepal as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. After the end of the monarchy, the insignia formerly used for atirathi was adopted by the professional army head together with a "four-star" collar tab it now denotes.