History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.263

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¹⁴⁷ तान्राजा स्वविषये मन्त्रि-पुरोहित-सेनापति-युवराज-दौवारिकान्तर्वैशिक-प्रशास्तृ-समाहर्तृ-संनिधातृ-प्रदेष्टृनायक-पौरव्यावहारिक-कार्मान्तिक-मन्त्रिपरिषदध्यक्ष-दण्डदुर्गान्त-पालाटाविकेषु अशौचदेशवेशशिल्पभाषाभिजनापदेशान् भक्तितः सामर्थ्ययोगाच्चापसर्पयेत् ।... एवं शत्रौ च मित्रे च मध्यमे चावपेच्चरान् । उदासीने च तेषां च तीर्थेष्वष्टादशस्वपि ॥ अर्थशास्त्र I. 12. दौवारिक is lit. doorkeeper i. e. Lord Mayor of the palace; आन्तर्वैशिक is Lord Chamberlain (the same as स्त्यध्यक्ष or कलत्राध्यक्ष in Aśvamedhikaparva 22. 20 and Śalya 29. 72 and 94 and the स्त्यध्यक्षमहामात्र in the 12th Rock Edict at Girnar or Mansehra in Corpus I. I. p. 20; and the अन्तःपुराध्यक्ष in मत्स्यपुराण 215. 42). प्रशास्तृ is probably Chief Magistrate. समाहर्तृ is the minister or the Chief Commissioner of Revenue. संनिधातृ is the minister in charge of the Treasury, प्रदेष्टृ functions are not known, नायक is probably नगराध्यक्ष. पौरव्यावहारिक is the Chief Justice whose court was in the capital. कार्मान्तिक was superintendent of all mines and State manufactories, दण्डपाल was officer in charge of all branches of the army, दुर्गपाल (= राष्ट्रपाल) officer in charge of all forts, अन्तपाल officer in charge of all frontiers, आटविक superintendent of forests and forest tribes. It is possible to regard प्रदेष्टृनायक as one word meaning the chief of pradeṣṭrs (they were many, acc. to Kauṭilya V. 2) and to take Paura as equal to the Nāgaraka i. e. capital Superintendent (vide Arthaśāstra II. 36) and Vyāvahārika as Chief Justice. For गोविकर्तन see विराट 2. 7. (cr. ed.).