[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) › c9.s2.36 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s2.36 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c9.s2.36 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2.36) Yet even more revealing are some other passages in the \*Pāṭika-Suttanta\*.² They record a conversation between the Buddha and the wanderer Bhaggava about the former’s apostate disciple Sunakkhatta of the Licchavis who left the Buddhist \*Saṅgha\* for the Ājīvikas. During this dialogue the Buddha reports that Sunakkhatta the Licchavi has spoken in the praise of the Buddha and his \*Dhamma\* and \*Saṅgha\* “among the Vajjians.”³ This expression is used 4 times and whenever a reference is made to this disciple he is invariably called a Licchavi. Thus, there must have been a difference between the two and, as the context suggests, the word Vajji had the wider connotation. - [Previous: c9.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2.35) - [Next: c9.s2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2.37) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c9.s2.36) · Pramāṇa