Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.21

c47.21

The word ‘pālana’ which is employed in classical literature to denote the duty of the king combines the two elements: ‘seeing to the growth’ and ‘protection in general.’ The second is a corollary from the first which alone is found in the Vedic formula. Hence policy was directed to keep up and develop the *Vārtā* or National Economy.