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quest of the quarters is achieved not by force
but by righteousness. Cf Dharmavijaya. His domination over
the vassals assumes the form of the enforcement
of the five moral precepts binding upon the
Buddhist layman. See Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, pp. 77-79
and pp. 267 f; Basham, The Wonder that was India, pp. 83f.
(4) According to Kauṭilya, however, the Cakra-
vartī is just an emperor having political supre-
macy over whole of the Cakravartikṣetra, which
is defined as the territory extending north to
south from the Himalayas to the Southern sea
and stretching from east to west for a distance of
1,000 Yojanas. Kauṭilya's concept of a Cakravartī is derived from the
definition of this very term. des'śah pṛthiví, tasyāṁ himavat samudrāntaram udīcīnaṁ
yojanasahasraparimāṇaṁ tiryak cakravartikṣetram. (AS'Ś IX. I).
CAKRAVARTĪ-KṢETRA—See Cakravartī.
CATURAṄGA-BALA-- (1) The 'four-fold' army,
consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors
(rathīs), cavalry (aśvārohīs) and elephant riders
(gajarohis). The term is used to refer to all the four varieties of army
together. cf. des'śam alpavarṣa-paṅkam maruprāyaṁ caturaṅgabalo
yāyāt.
(Expedition should be made with all the four wings of army
in a desert area which gets very little mud even after rains).
(AS'Ś IX. 1).
(2) Also called caturaṅga-senā or caturaṅga-camū.
(3) Chariots ceased to be used at all about the
seventh century A.D. Yet the term Caturaṅga-
bala continued to be used in inscriptions and
but by righteousness. Cf Dharmavijaya. His domination over
the vassals assumes the form of the enforcement
of the five moral precepts binding upon the
Buddhist layman. See Ghoshal, A History of Indian Political Ideas, pp. 77-79
and pp. 267 f; Basham, The Wonder that was India, pp. 83f.
(4) According to Kauṭilya, however, the Cakra-
vartī is just an emperor having political supre-
macy over whole of the Cakravartikṣetra, which
is defined as the territory extending north to
south from the Himalayas to the Southern sea
and stretching from east to west for a distance of
1,000 Yojanas. Kauṭilya's concept of a Cakravartī is derived from the
definition of this very term. de
yojanasahasraparimāṇaṁ tiryak cakravartikṣetram. (A
CAKRAVARTĪ-KṢETRA—See Cakravartī.
CATURAṄGA-BALA-- (1) The 'four-fold' army,
consisting of foot-soldiers (patti), car-warriors
(rathīs), cavalry (aśvārohīs) and elephant riders
(gajarohis). The term is used to refer to all the four varieties of army
together. cf. de
yāyāt.
(Expedition should be made with all the four wings of army
in a desert area which gets very little mud even after rains).
(A
(2) Also called caturaṅga-senā or caturaṅga-camū.
(3) Chariots ceased to be used at all about the
seventh century A.D. Yet the term Caturaṅga-
bala continued to be used in inscriptions and