Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c10.13

c10.13

⁵ iii. 13 : नादिनौमासि त्विषिर्नामासि । Jayarāma renders them as 'sounding' and 'shining' (तदनन्वेता दीप्ता) because of performance of justice (धर्मनिषवणान्). 'Trouble' and 'Vehemence' are Oldenberg's renderings in S. B. E. xxix. 362. If Jayaśīla's view be right, किल्वि would refer to the fire which, according to the law-books, was kept in the court-house and which is probably also indicated by the Vedic term *sabhya* for fire (Atharva V., viii. 10.5). See § 16, n. 3; fire was kept also in the Vidatha. सन्दि as 'sounding,' may point to the feature contributed by discussions.