The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.7

c13.7

¹ From the later Sanskrit literature a passage of the Raghuvamśa (XI. 58 sq.) should here be quoted, where King Dasaratha, frightened by hostile wind and other strange natural phenomena, goes to his guru, the purohita Vasiṣṭha, for advice ; the latter removes his anxiety by explaining them as good signs. It is characteristic of the view which the poet has of the relation between the king and the purohita that the expression krityavit is used, by which Kâlidâsa wants to say that the king knew how he was to behave in such cases, that he chose the only right and possible way of escaping the threatening danger when he sought the help of his priestly counsellor.