India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s1.26

c12.s1.26

*RĀJA-KUMĀRA*.—This expression especially taught in *sūtra* VI.2.59, denotes a boy-king, *i.e.* a prince who was required under special circumstances to succeed to the throne as a minor. It should be noted that a boy-king, although permitted to succeed in his minority, was formally consecrated as king only when he attained the age of majority.