Local Government in Ancient India c17.171

c17.171

Sabhā, strength of, 187; meeting-places of, 195-9; Brāhmaṇa governing unit, 202, 203, 286; a Vedic term, 307; not limited to caste, 309 *Saddharmapuṇḍarīka*, 68 Saffron, 265 Śaivas, 13, 262, 273, 278, 279 Śaivism under the Colas, 273 Śākhā, 34 (note) Śākhoṭaka-tree, 248 Śākiyas, 196 Śākkai Mārāyan Vikramasolan, 301 Salt, 100, 254 Sāman, 283 Samaṇas, 67 Samayas, 259 Samboga, 34 (note) Sambhūya-samutthāna, 29 Samūha, 29, 197 Sandalwood, 265, 267, 268 Saṅgha, 29, 32, 33, 216, 313, 314; apparently means a kingless clan, 34-5; rules of its meetings, 188-93 Śaṅkarācārya, 12, 43 *Sāṅkhya*, 287 Sannyāsins, 18, 273 Sanskrit translations 14; — terms, 28-35, 307 Saracenic culture, 24 Sarasvati-Bhāṇḍāra, 284 Sāriputta, 51 Sarkar, B. K., 189 (note) *Śāstras*, 77, 145, 275, 276, 282, 283, 287 Sastry, H. K., 189 (note), 232 *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, 43 *Satyāṣṭa* (*ādha*)-*Sūtrā*, 282 Sāvatthi, 51, 76, 77, 79, 80 Sāyaṇācārya, 13, 42 (note), 194-5 (note), 196 Sciences studied by Hindus, 282-3 Scribes, 139 Sculpture, 294, 296, 297 Sealing-wax, 265 Seals and sealings, N. Indian, 111, 112, 113 Seamen's guild and a charter, 266-8 Seat-regulator, 193 Secretary, king's, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241; —, chief, 236, 237, 240, 241 Sedition, 213, 221 Self-sacrifice, 292, 295, 296, 296-7, 297-8 Śembaikkuḍi, 273 Semitic culture, monarchic, 24 Serfs, 249 Servants, 70-1, 74, 143; hospital, 275, 278; temple, 210, 211, 302 Seṭṭhi, 46, 49 Sewell, 208, 211 Shāh Jahān, 17 Shakespeare, 16 Share (agrahāra), individual unit in village government, 202 Shareholders, village, 201 Sheep, fine in, 141; gifts of, 85, 86, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 118; value of, 106 Shepherds, 94, 95, 122, 254, 302 Shimoga, 153, 295 Ships, jointly chartered, 79; wrecked, confiscated, 266-7 Shopkeepers, 72, 258 Shops, 254 Shrines, 256, 299, 301 Sikhs, 16, 17 Silk ball makers, 85; — cloths, 264; — thread, 265, 267