Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c18.20

c18.20

³ ^3 Cf. "To this word two meanings can be given: 1) without king; 2) a very distinguished king. In this passage we must take it in the first meaning; for here are the *Janapadāḥ*, i.e., people in opposition to the king mentioned as *abhishikta* i.e., anointed, whilst in all other passages of this chapter, we find instead of them, the *rājānaḥ* or kings." M. Haug, *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa*, Vol. II, p. 518, n.