[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) › c43.86 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.86 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.86 - **Language:** English ### [c43.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.86) The Mānava calls the Prime Minister simply \*Amātya\*, that is, he was \*the\* Amātya. In him was vested the administration or daṇḍa.⁴ He, as especially required by the Mānava (VII. 58; XII. 100.), was to be a Brahmin. In earlier times, in the Pāli Canon, the Prime Minister, \*e.g.\*, of \*\*Ajātaśatru\*\*, is styled \*\*Agra-Mahāmātra\*\* 'the \*\*Foremost Minister\*\*.' In the Divyāvadāna, the Chief Minister of Aśoka \[Rādhagupta\] is called the \*Amātya\*. He is evidently the \*Mantrin\* in the \*\*Śukra-nīti\*\*. In the Gupta period he is probably called the \*\*Mahā-daṇḍa-nāyaka\*\*. (§ 322). - [Previous: c43.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.85) - [Next: c43.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.87) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) ## Cites (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.58) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.divyavadana) — Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.86) · Pramāṇa