History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1028.3

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and others 26; described by some works as servant of the people 27-28, 36-37; disputes between parties should not be started by k. or his officers 251; duties and responsibilities of, 56-60; duties of are either *dṛṣṭārtha* or *adṛṣṭārtha* 8; duty of, to donate fields and money to brāhmaṇas acc. to their worth 1; duty of, to guard property of minors, women and helpless people 574; duty of, to prevent danger from thieves in villages and forests 1, 167; duty of, to protect arises from the taking of taxes 39; duty of, to punish those who swerve from the usages of their family, caste, guild or group 881-882; duty of, to save subjects from internal calamities such as famines and floods and epidemics 163; duty of, to see that people act acc. to rules of dharmaśāstra 3, 57; duty of, to support students, learned brāhmaṇas and sacrificers 59, 164; duty of, to tolerate and enforce varying practices of people 861; edicts of, how promulgated 99; education of 46-53; election of 29; eldest son of, generally succeeded 87; enjoined to inflict heavy fines on himself for illegal exactions 97; entitled to take a sixth part not only of land produce, but of many other things 192; eulogy of the office of 25; faults and vices of, are due to ignorance and lack of training 233; faults to be avoided by 46; five chief duties of 57; foremost duty of, is protection 56, 57, 242; fountain of justice 242; fruits of the policy of 216; functions of, were religious and secular 101;