[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) › c40.86 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.86 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.86 - **Language:** English ### [c40.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.86) \*\*ततो दुर्गं च राष्ट्रं च लोकञ्च सचराचरम् ।\*\* For \*\*दुर्गं\*\* and \*\*पुर\*\* as capital, \*see\* Manu VII. 70: \*\*धन्वदुर्गं महीदुर्गमब्दुर्गं वार्क्षमेव वा ।\*\* \*\*नृदुर्गं गिरिदुर्गं वा समाश्रित्य वसेत्पुरम् ॥\*\* \*\*प्रशंसते जनः सर्वो राष्ट्रे पुरवरे तथा ।\*\* \*\*आभ्यन्तरश्च बाह्यश्च पौरजानपदो जनः ॥\*\* (AK.) "The whole nation in the Rāshṭra as well as in the best of capitals praises him, likewise the Paura-Jānapada body—both the Inner and the Outer—praise him." It should be noticed that the \*\*Paura-Jānapada\*\* is taken as distinct from the people in the realm and the capital. The two bodies Inner and Outer are mentioned in the Mahābhārata also. See below ch. on taxation. For \*jana\* in the collective sense, see its use in Aśoka's inscr. Pillar series VII. \*\*जनं धर्मयुतं\*\*—the body of the men in the Dharma Service (Department). - [Previous: c40.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.85) - [Next: c40.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.87) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.70) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.86) · Pramāṇa