The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c23.8

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Bhîma, 82, 85, 86, 90, 320, 383. Bhîmasena (king), 459. Bhîṣma, 80, 90, 93, 95, 99, 102. Bhogagâma, 141. Bhogapati (officer), 296, 439, 502. Bhogika(s) (officer), 289, 296, 303, 304, 305, 381, 382, 383, 414, 439. Bhogikapâla (officer), 382. Bhoja, 413, 459; on Kâlidâsa, 309; works of, 457. Bhojadeva, 404. Bhukti (administrative division), and administration of, under Guptas, 296-97; 366 *n*, 417, 451. Bhûmaka Kṣaharâta, 226. Bhûmichidra Nyâya, and meaning of, 300-301; in South India, 468. Bhûpati, 310. Bhûta (a tax), and meaning of, 302. Bilhaṇa. See Vidyâpati B. Bimbisâra, 162, 163. Bindusâra, and his reign, 192-93. Bloch, on Ghaṭotkaca, 282*n*. Bloomfield, on Vidatha, 31. Bodhi tree, uprooted, 375. Bodhisatta, 121, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 139, 150. See also Buddha. Brahma, 53, 121. Brahma Purâṇa, 337. Brahmadatta, 122, 128, 131, 139, 142. Brahman, 329, 443, 506. Brâhmaṇa(s) (caste), 13, 23, 29, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 80, 82, 89, 91, 93, 96, 97, 105, 108, 110, 112, 113, 157, 172, 188, 192, 196, 216, 220, 228, 327, 328, 331, 332, 333, 341, 359, 371, 376, 444, 445, 446, 448, 460; and Hindu State, 508, 509; and Jaina Brâhmaṇas, in Âdi Purâṇa, 392; and ordeals, in Bṛihaspati, 326; as a Ratnin, 44; as grantees, 290, 292; as judges, 325; as ministers and buffoons, 391; as rulers 353-54; as rulers in Alberûnî, 442-43; as rulers, in Jâtakas, 123; averse to ecclesiasticism, 10; importance of, 12; in Bhâsa, 320; in Bṛihaspati, 326; in Jâtakas, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129, 133, 134, 139, 140, 142; in Kashmîr, 419, 420, 422, 424, 425, 429; in Kathâsaritsâgara, 459, 460; in Manu, 239, 240, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 258; in Mokṣapariṣad, 377; in Nârada, 323; in Purâṇas, 336, 337, 338; in Somadeva, 397, 398; influence of, in Râmâyaṇa, 105; Kings of Gândhâra, 285; literary productions of, 114; origin and supremacy, etc., of, in later Vedic literature, 35; taking part in administration, 453, 454; without organisation, etc., 10-11. See also Caste.