The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.s2.t2.36

c16.s2.t2.36

It is obvious that authorities differ as to the relative importance of the political sacrifices, but all are united in the concept that the rituals have a state-value on their face, and that it is the greatest power or the largest nationality alone that is entitled to the highest sacrifice (be it the *râjasûya* or the *aśvamedha*, or what not). The concept of *yajna*, like that of the scale of the states, is therefore an important element in the theory of *Weltherrschaft*, world-monarchy or federated universe embodied in the doctrine of *sârva-bhauma*.