[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c25.23 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.23 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c25.23 - **Language:** English ### [c25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.23) § 135. Up to this time the Nābhaka has not been identified. I find the name in the Gaṇapāṭha on Pāṇini IV. 1. 112 as \*Nabhāka\*. The rule before IV. 1. 112 deals with derivatives from republican names, and, that after, from river-names. The Gaṇapāṭha on Pāṇini IV. 1. 112, gives an enumeration or group called 'Śiva and others' which contains names of \*rishis\* and founders of families (\*e.g.\*, Kakutstha, Kohaḍa, etc.), royal dynasties (\*e.g.\*, Haihaya), rivers (Gaṅgā, Vipāśa) and a lot of obscure proper names. Along with Piṭaka, Trikshāka, are given Nabhāka and Ūrṇa-Nābha. The Ūrṇa-Nābhas appear also in the republican group of the Rājanyas, Ārjunāyanas etc.² \*Nābhaka\* was probably a national title derived from the Nābha people. The "Nābha lines" (\*Nābha-paṅktis\*)³ which were evidently non-monarchical, were probably identical with the Ūrṇa-Nābhas, the Nābhas of the 'woollen' country. Gāndhāra was famous for its wool. - [Previous: c25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.22) - [Next: c25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.24) - [Up: c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.1.112) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c25.23) · Pramāṇa