[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) › c36.34 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.34 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.34 - **Language:** English ### [c36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.34) ² Bhaṭṭa Bhāskara (Mysore ed. Tait. Saṁhitā iii. p. 148) points out the primary meaning of Saṅgrahītā 'the holder of the reins' lit. 'the driver' (संग्रहीतु :...रश्मिग्राहिणः) and then gives the secondary meaning (quoting opinion of others) रज्जुभिर्नियन्ता कुमाराध्यक्ष इत्यन्ये 'he who leads the (administration) by holding the reins \[of government\], i.e., Prime-minister.'—This has some bearing on Aśoka's \*rājūka\*, if it is connected with \*rajju\*. - [Previous: c36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.33) - [Next: c36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.35) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) ## Cites (1) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.34) · Pramāṇa