Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c28.29

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² Kauṭilya, 300 B.C., quotes it as a well-known theory. The Vedic hymns of election disclose clear germs of this theory. See chapter XXV, (Pt. II) on coronation for references in the Brāhmaṇas. The Buddhists have it in their old books. *Aggañña S.* 21 (*Digha*) = MV., I., 347-8—एतञ्चित्तेतं यु वयं शालिभागं ददाम । सभता जनकायेन सम्मतो ति महासम्मतो...राजा ति संज्ञा उदपादि ।