Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c5.27

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² Atharvaveda, IV, 22; VI, 38, 39, 97; VIII, 8. (Bloomfield, Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 115--126.) During the Râjasûya ceremony the king "symbolically ascends the quarters of the sky as an indication of his universal rule." (Vedic Index, II, p. 219.)

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Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit