Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c1: Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c1
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Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times
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BY K. P. JAYASWAL, M.A., (Oxon.), *Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law;* *Advocate, Patna High Court; Sometime Honorary Scholar, Jesus College, Oxford;* *University Chinese Scholar, Oxford (1909); Tagore Professor of Law,* *Calcutta (1917, 'Development of Law in Manu and Yājñavalkya');* *Author of 'An Introduction to Hindu Polity'; Editor of* *Chaṇḍeśvara's Rājanīti-Ratnākara (Hindu Monarchy);* *Editor, Journal of the Bihar and Orissa* *Research Society; &c.*
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अथ धर्मार्थफलाय राज्याय नमः।
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'And, firstly, To STATE, the source of life and spirit.'
—Nītivākyāmṛita.
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*To the Memory of the Republican* VRISHNIS, KATHAS, VAIS'ALAS, AND S'AKYAS *who announced* PHILOSOPHIES OF FREEDOM *from* DEVAS, DEATH, CRUELTY, AND CASTE.
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मज्जेत्त्रयी दण्डनीतौ हतायां सर्वे धर्माः प्रक्षयेयुर्विबुद्धाः ।
सर्वे धर्माश्चाश्रमाणां हताः स्युः क्षात्रे त्यक्ते राजधर्मे पुराणे ॥
सर्वे त्यागा राजधर्मेषु दृष्टा सर्वाः दीक्षा राजधर्मेषु युक्ताः ।
सर्वा विद्या राजधर्मेषु चोक्ताः सर्वे लोका राजधर्मे प्रविष्टाः ॥
म० भा० शा० ६३।२८।२६ ।
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“When Politics becomes lifeless, the triple Veda sinks, all the *dharmas* [i.e., *the bases of civilization*] (howsoever) developed, completely decay. When traditional State-Ethics are departed from, all the bases of the divisions of individual life are shattered.
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“In Politics are realised all the forms of renunciation, in Politics are united all the sacraments, in Politics are combined all knowledge: in Politics are centred all the Worlds.”
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—*Mahā-Bhārata*, *Śānti*—63-28-29.
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Nītivākyāmṛta — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit