[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.s2.3 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.3 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.3) This peculiar state of nature is also described as \*arājaka\* in the \*Śānti Parvan\* of the \*Mahābhārata\*. \*Arājaka\* simply means a state with no government. According to the then prevalent standards, government was indispensable for a state. ‘No government, no state,’ is the principle underlying the \*Rāja Dharma\* section of the \*Mahābhārata\*. \*Arājaka\* is a state of anarchy as is explained in chapters lxvi and lxvii of the \*Śānti Parvan\*. It will not be out of place to summarize these here. - [Previous: c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.2) - [Next: c6.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.4) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.3) · Pramāṇa