Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.39

c8.s2.39

Remark has already been made that the *purohita* continued to maintain his old position even in the epoch of the *Dharma Śāstras* and the *Arthaśāstras*. Dr. Goshal who has given some thought to the question advances the argument that the *purohita* of Kauṭalya’s *Arthaśāstra* has been ruled out from the list of proximate factors of Government.¹ Though this point has been given some consideration elsewhere² still it would not be out of place to recapitulate some of the statements. The commentator of the *Kāmandaka nīti sāra*, Śankarārya characterizes the *purohita* as a ‘विशेष अमात्य’ one of the more prominent ministers, and qualifies his statement to that effect.³