[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) › c6.8 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.8 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.8 - **Language:** English ### [c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.8) latter sense falls short of the \*Arthaśāstra\*.¹ This cannot stand if what Kauṭalya himself has to say on this point be given due weight. He defines the \*Arthaśāstra\* thus: ² ‘Humanity depends on \*artha\* and \*artha\* is the territory where people live together. The means of acquiring and protecting this territory are laid down in the science known as the \*Arthaśāstra\*. Again \*daṇḍa nīti\* he explains as one of the four important sciences figuring in the Schools of Manu, Bṛhaspati, and Uśanas or Śukra. Kauṭalya quotes the authority of Śukra to the effect that it is the only important science (\*vidyā\*) inasmuch as all other sciences are dependent on it.³ Then he proceeds to define the term.⁴ This science of \*daṇḍa\* is the \*sādhana\* or means of realizing the \*yogakshema\* or progress of \*ānvīkṣikī\*, \*trayī\* and \*vārtā\*. In other words \*daṇḍa nīti\* is indispensable for the progressive realization of the objects dealt with in the science of logic, in the Vedas, and the science of economics. In short, \*daṇḍa nīti\* shows how best to promote the well-being of society. - [Previous: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.7) - [Next: c6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.9) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.8) · Pramāṇa