Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s5.33

c6.s5.33

Ghoshal translates this ‘rājyam’ kingship or kingly function which is used to signify the appellation and connotation of the term ‘king’. On this he takes it that the category of seven elements implies the concept of sovereignty or government rather than state or kingdom. But Śaṅkarārya explains why it is rājya or rājatva. The term rāja is well known. It demonstrates that the king is the most important of the constituent parts. It may mean the element of sovereignty elsewhere, but whenever it is mentioned in connection with a state it always refers to the constituent parts only. Ghoshal misinterprets this so as to suit his statement, that the Hindu political philosopher drew no line of demarcation between state and government.