Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c6.s1.54

c6.s1.54

The more important passages from the sources have been translated or paraphrased in the course of our work. We have included the romanized originals of relevant *pādas*, passages or phrases in the footnotes, whether in Sanskrit, Pāli or Prākrit. The system followed in the transliteration for the Sanskrit passages is orthodox. The romanization of Pāli passages is that of the Pāli Text Society, except for the sign ŋ used for *anusvāra* in the Pāli texts, which has been regularly replaced by ṁ. In all transliterations, *anusvāra*, when occurring within the word before any of the *sparśa* consonants, has usually been expressed by the appropriate nasal letter. Any irregularity found in this system is unintentional.