Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government c2.13

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¹ “Make ye Agni your Fore-man” (Purohita); “To him in whose realm the High Priest goeth foremost, the people of themselves do homage”; “Go on thy way from good to better, Bṛhaspati be thy forerunner!”; “The Spiritual-authority foremost, be my dominion dread and unassailable!”; “Forward the Spiritual-authority, forward the Temporal-power! unto their union”; “Truth, O King, is the Supreme Brahma; be the Truth thy consort.” Abbreviations: *RV*., *Ṛgveda Saṁhitā*; *TS*., *Taittirīya Saṁhitā*; *AV*., *Atharva Veda Saṁhitā*; *VS*., *Vājasaneyi Saṁhitā*; *AB*., *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*; *KB*., *Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa*; *TB*., *Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa*; *PB*., *Pañcaviṁśa Brāhmaṇa*; *JB*., *Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa*; *JUB*., *Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa*; *ŚB*., *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*; *GB*., *Gopatha Brāhmaṇa*; *AA*., *Aitareya Āraṇyaka*; *BD*., *Bṛhad Devatā*; *BU*., *Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad*; *CU*., *Chāndogya Upaniṣad*; *KU*., *Kaṭha Upaniṣad*; *TU*., *Taittirīya Upaniṣad*; *MU*., *Maitri Upaniṣad*; *BG*., *Bhagavad Gītā*; *Manu*, *Mānava Dharmaśāstra*; *VP*., *Viṣṇu Purāṇa*; *Mbh*., *Mahābhārata*; *A*., *Aṅguttara Nikāya*; *D*., *Dīgha Nikāya*; *DA*., *Sumaṅgala Vilāsinī*; *M*., *Majjhima Nikāya*; *S*., *Saṁyutta Nikāya*; *Dh*., *Dhammapada*; *DhA*., *Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā*; *Sn*., *Sutta Nipāta*; *J*., *Jātaka*; *Mhv*., *Mahāvaṁsa*; *Sum. Theol*., *Summa Theologica*; *SBE*, *Sacred Books of the East*; *HOS*, *Harvard Oriental Series*; *JAOS*, *Journal of the American Oriental Society*; *JISOA*, *Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art*; *HJAS*, *Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies*.