Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.52
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.52
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§ 231. The King seated on the throne is surrounded by the Ratnins sitting below, by Brahmins as an estate of the realm, by Brahmins as priests, by nobles, by the Grāmaṇī and others. The homage to the King is first paid by the Brahmins both as estate and as priest in the council of the Ratnins. The homage of the estates is preceded by the homage of the King to the Pṛithivī, the Earth, or the Land:—