[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.s2.45 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.45 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.45 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.45) What is then his position in the \*Arthaśāstra\* and what are his functions and qualifications? Kauṭalya rules⁵ that he may be appointed or selected as the \*purohita\* who belongs to a distinguished and good family, highly learned, versed in all the sacred lore, as well as the science of astronomy, and the theory of polity, skilled in propitiating gods by the various rites prescribed in the \*Atharva Veda\*, to ward off calamities providential or otherwise occurring in the kingdom. Him the king should follow as a student his teacher, a son his father, and a servant his master. The same sentiments are given expression to in the verse of Yājñavalkya.¹ - [Previous: c8.s2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.44) - [Next: c8.s2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.46) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.313) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.45) · Pramāṇa