[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.s2.65 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.65 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s2.65 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.65) Even later works on polity like the \*Kāmandaki Śukranīti\*, \*Nitivākyamṛta\* continue the traditional ideas about this functionary. He is the directing force in the administration of Kāmandaka.² The qualifications of the \*purohita\* which are narrated in the \*Śukranītisāra\* well-nigh agree with what Kauṭalya has recommended.³ The \*Śukranīti\* adds that he is also the \*ācārya\* or preceptor. This office figures as the first and the highly paid one among the ten departments of Sukrāchārya.⁴ - [Previous: c8.s2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.64) - [Next: c8.s2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.66) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s2.65) · Pramāṇa