State and Government in Ancient India c15.22

c15.22

³ The connotation of these terms was not uniform. The *Rāmāyaṇa* sometimes identifies *mantri* with *sachiva* (II 112. 7) and sometimes differentiates between them (I. 7. 3 and I. 8. 4.). The *Amarakosha* states that the *amātya*, who is a *dhīsachiva*, is called a *mantrin*; others are mere *karmasachivas*. According to Kautilya *mantrins* were to be selected from among *amātyas* (I. 8).