Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.7
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c49.7
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c49.7
Sacerdotal duties were never imposed upon the king. He was never a priest even in the Vedic age. By prosperity was meant, of course, the immediate material prosperity : the state was instituted for *land-culture, wealth, etc.* That prosperity, which was secured by a correct administration and justice, was regarded to bring about moral prosperity in its train as a corollary.