[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c6.2 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.2 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.2) \*Daṇḍa nīti\*, then, is the art and science of government. It came to be known later on by other terms such as the \*Arthaśāstra\*, \*Rāja Dharma\*, \*Rāja Nīti\* and \*Nīti-śāstra\*. In the शब्दादिवर्ग of \*Amara Kośa\* it is said that \*ānvīkṣikī\* and \*daṇḍa nīti\* are respectively \*Tarkavidyā\* and \*Arthaśāstra\*. - [Previous: c6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.1) - [Next: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.3) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.2) · Pramāṇa