The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t6.39

c14.s9.t6.39

30. Maṇḍala (or "geopolitical" sphere) of Twelve States (*Dvādaśarājamaṇḍala*). According to Mitra-Miśra the *vijigīṣu* is the prince bent on or starting on a career of conquest (*vijetumabhyudyata*). In his definition the *madhyama* is the one that is able to overpower both the *vijigīṣu* as well as his *ari* (enemy) as long as they are uncombined (*asaṁhatayor nigrahe*), i.e. more powerful than either of the two. It is wrong, therefore, to describe, as has been usually done, the *madhyama* as the medium or the middling power. The *udāsīna*, as defined by Mitra-Miśra, is more powerful than each of the three states, the *vijigīṣu*, the *ari*, and the *madhyama*. He is such that he can subdue these three as long as they remain ununited (*asaṁhatānām nigrahasamartha*) (pp. 320-321).