A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c16.38

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doctrine of king’s divinity in the Manusamhitā and the Mahābhārata, 180-182; king’s duty of protection, 184-186; king’s proper or improper exercise of daṇḍanīti entails corresponding merit or sin, 186-187; king conceived by Āryadeva to be servant of the people, 209-210; Kāmandaka’s idea of importance of the king’s office, 216-217; the same, according to the Purāṇas, 224; doctrine of king’s divinity in the Purāṇas, 225-226; incidents and duties of kingship, according to the Smriti commentators, extend beyond the Kṣatriya order, 234-236; king’s duty of protection, according to Medhātithi, extends to all classes of his subjects, 237-239; Somadeva on king’s importance and divine nature, 245; Śukranīti on king’s rule by virtue of his merit and on king’s divine nature, 254; king, according to Śukra, is servant of people by divine creation, 258; doctrine of king’s divinity in Mādhava, 260; kingship, according to Mādhava and Nīlakaṇṭha, confined to the Kṣatriya order, 261-262, but, according to Mitramiśra, is an attribute of all rulers of kingdoms, 262. Also see under Subjects, etc.