[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) › c7.s2.29 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.29 Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.29 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.29) external enemies of the state. It is not, however, the eternal \*abhaya\* of the Lord, for it is said that a weak monarch who is also a \*naradevata\*¹ must succumb before a powerful conqueror. Otherwise the consequences will be the harassing of his subjects and the plunder of his territory. Unless we would perpetuate a hierarchy of weak \*devatās\* and strong \*devatās\*, these could not be said to be \*devatās\*. The theory that a king is a \*devata\* has no leg to stand on. - [Previous: c7.s2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.28) - [Next: c7.s2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.30) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.29) · Pramāṇa