Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t4.27
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t4.27
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c4.t4.27
He was one, probably the foremost, of the ministers (amaccā).¹² What were his functions is not clearly stated. Sometimes¹³ he is styled 'Sabbatthaka' or do-all-minister, meaning thereby, perhaps, that he advised the king in all matters—spiritual or temporal. And that is why he is a constant companion of the king.¹⁴ Even in travelling he is with the king.¹⁵ The purohita was of course a past master in the Vedic lore,¹⁶ and other sciences.¹⁷ The following gāthās¹⁸ give a glimpse of this master-scientist:
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- Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Pāli
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- Jātaka — Pāli