Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.61
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.61
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c36.61
§ 218. Waters are then collected from the sea and other reservoirs of the land, proclaiming in sacred formulas the name of the person for whose anointing they were gathered. The waters are taken in each case with a poetic formula; "*Self-ruling waters, ye are bestowers of kingship, bestow ye kingship on. N. N.*"¹