History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1032

v4.c64.1032

Kingship (see under 'monarchy'); germs of several theories about 28ff; germs of the theory of divine right of, go back to the Ṛgveda 32; germs of the theory of divine right found in the Bible 36; glorification of 24; glorification of k. did not result in the view that every king, however bad, was a divinity 25; ideal of k. was to be a rājarṣi 52; propositions involved in the full-fledged theory of the divine right of 35; symbols of 82; theory of divine origin of 23, 26, 32-33, 35-36; theory of divine origin of, supported on the ground of the doctrine of *karma* 27; theory of divine origin of, applies only to the supreme ruler (*mahārāja*) 25.