Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c47.50

c47.50

"The reply is that the purport of the Smṛiti "is that King's sovereignty is for correcting "the wicked and fostering the good. "*Hence land is not king's wealth.* On the other hand "in that land (state land) there is the common wealth "of all living beings to enjoy the fruit of their labour. "Therefore although there can be gift of a piece of "non-public (*Asādhāraṇa*) land there can be no gift of "the Great Land."