History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1028.2
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1028.2
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Hāthīgumphā Inscription of, 17, 49, 60, 65, 69, 94, 162, 172, 195, 246; performed Rājasūya sacrifice 70; was crowned king in his 25th year 80; was styled Kaliṅga-cakravartin 66; was *yuvarāja* for 9 years 116. Khaśa, tribe 861n. Kīcaka, was met by Bhīma dressed as Draupadī 172. Killing, of animals forbidden for ten years in Kashmir 100. King (see under 'battle', 'brāhmaṇa', 'coronation', 'kṣatriya', 'land', 'rājadharma', 'ruler', 'taxes'); adhvaryu priest deputized for k. when latter engaged in Aśvamedha and got three times his ordinary pay 28; administering justice and punishing the guilty were two among the prime functions of 242; all sons of a k do not succeed to the throne but only the eldest 42, 87; appointed a hierarchy of officers over one village, ten, twenty, 100; villages and so on 141; appointed as many superintendents as were required for several departments of State 142; aspiring to be a *samrāṭ* (emperor) performed Aśvamedha and Rājasūya 70; authority of, over brāhmaṇas was limited 25; business of, to see that proper weights and measures are used 166; calamities in a, are six 46; characteristics of an ambitious (vijigīṣu) 218; compared to the performer of a sacrifice 61; consultation by, with ministers should be in a secret place 108; consultation by, with three or four mantrins 107; coronation of 72ff; could not be cited as a witness 176, 336; daily routine of 60-61; dependence of, on saṁvatsara (astrologer) 126; deposing a bad k., allowed by Manu, Yāj.