[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.126 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.126 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.126 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.126) Daśa-puruṣam-rājya, occurring in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ doubtless² means ‘sovereignty inherited through ten ancestors,’ a striking case of hereditary rule. Weber³ once rendered the word as the ‘kingdom⁴ of Daśapuru,’ comparing the Daśapura of Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta⁵ and the Daśārṇa of the ‘middle country.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.125) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.127) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Meghadūta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.126) · Pramāṇa