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# Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.20

Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.20

- **Language:** English

### [c44.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.20)

लेखयित्वाग्रतो राजा ह्यथं विचार्य च ॥  
मन्त्री च प्राङ्‌विवाकश्च पण्डितो दूतसंज्ञकः।  
स्वाभिप्रेतं लिखित्वाेदं लिखेयुः प्रथमं त्विमे ॥ ३६२  
अमात्यः साधु लिखितमथवा संप्रचिन्तितम्‌।  
सम्यग्विचारितमिति सुमन्त्रो विलिखेत्ततः ॥ ३६३  
सत्यं यथार्थमिति च प्रधानश्च लिखेत्ततः।  
अङ्गीकर्तुं योग्यमिति स्वतः प्रतिनिधिर्लिखेत् ॥ ३६४  
अङ्गीकर्तव्यमिति च युवराज्ञो लिखेन्मुखम्‌ ।  
लेख्यं स्वाभिमतं चेतदितिलिखेत् पुरोहितः ॥ ३६५  
असंसृष्टाविचिन्तितं न नृपाज्ञां कृपु देव हि ।  
अङ्गीकृतमिति लिखेन्मुद्रयेच्च ततो नृपः ॥ ३६७

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## Cites (2)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit

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