Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s5.11

c12.s5.11

The second line of the stanza is important as it shows the existence of private property or the propriety right enjoyed by the *kuṭumbins* or the heads of the joint-family. That the state was no owner of the land is attested again by Jaimini न भूमिस्यात्सर्वांप्रति अविशिष्टत्वात् । (*Pūrva Mīmamsā*, vi. 7. 7. 3.) See also Nilakaṇṭha's observations in the *Vyavahāramayūkha* संपूर्णपृथिवोमण्डलस्य तत्तद्ग्रामक्षेत्रादौ स्वत्वं तु तत्तद्ग्रामिकानामेव राज्ञां तु करग्रहणमात्रम् । which they were amply paid for. In the choice of different seeds and in the sowing of them particular attention was paid and everything was happily regulated.