[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) › c8.s2.39 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.39 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.39 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.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 - [Previous: c8.s2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.38) - [Next: c8.s2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.40) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.39) · Pramāṇa