[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c11.4 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.4 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.4 - **Language:** English ### [c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.4) The name of this clan appears variously in the Prākrit Jaina texts as \*Nāya\*,² \*Nāyae\*,³ \*Nāe\*,⁴ and also \*Nāī\*.⁵ In the Pāli works they figure as \*Nāta\* or \*Nātha\*.⁶ The Sanskrit commentator Jinaprabhamuni refers to them mainly as \*Jñāta\*,⁷ while Hoernle Sanskritizes \*Nāya\* as \*Jñātṛ\*.⁸ The name appears in northern Buddhist texts as \*Jñāti\*.⁹ - [Previous: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.3) - [Next: c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.5) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11) ## Linked texts (8) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga) — Pāli - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.mahavastu) — Sanskrit - [Uttarajjhayaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli - [Uvāsagadasāo](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.7) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c11.4) · Pramāṇa