Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.38
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s10.38
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c9.s10.38
The selection was made sometimes by the people and occasionally by the ministers. The choice was ordinarily limited to the members of the royal family only, as is shown by the legend in Yāska¹ of the Kuru brothers Devāpi and Saṁtanu, and the story in the *Saṁvara Jātaka*² of the Kāśi princes Uposatha and Saṁvara. In the *Jātaka* the councillors ask a reigning king, "When you are dead, my lord, to whom shall we give the white umbrella?" "Friends," said the monarch, "all my sons have a right to the white umbrella. But you may give it to him that pleases your mind."