State and Government in Ancient India c12.s8.5
State and Government in Ancient India c12.s8.5
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¹ अदण्डयदण्डने राज्ञो दण्डस्त्रिशद्गुणोऽम्भसि। वरुणाय प्रदातव्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्ततः परम्। शास्ता हि वरुणो राज्ञां मिथ्या व्याचरतां नृषु। *Artha.* IV, 13. To medieval writers, this notion of a king fining himself appeared as strange; they therefore wrongly thought that it referred to a subordinate king or an officer; *cf.* तस्माद्राज्ञामिति अवान्तरनृपतीनामिति द्रष्टव्यम्। स्वस्य स्वयं दण्डानुपपत्तेः। *Daṇḍaviveka*, p. 55
Linked texts (2)
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- Daṇḍaviveka — Vardhamāna Upādhyāya, Sanskrit