Public Administration in Ancient India c10.130

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c10.130

¹ “Let him who holds royal (i.e. imperial) sway perform the horse-sacrifice, for, verily, whosoever performs the horse-sacrifice without possessing power, is swept away.” Satapatha-Brāhmana, XIII. 1, 6, 3. Vide description of Yudhishthira’s Asvamedha sacrifice in the Māhabhārata.

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Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit