Political Concepts in Ancient India /101

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literature till very late days.literature till very late days. P.C. Chakravarti, The term must
Art of War in Ancient India, p. 2. The term must have been adored by the court poets as a matter

of poetical convention (Kavisamaya).
 

(4) Besides the above classification there was

also the convention of a six-fold division based

on the sources of recruitment. Hence see SadanṢaḍaṅ-

ga-bala.
 
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(5) The term Patti (q.v.) has yet another meaning.

The infantry is also often called Padāti.
 

 
CAĀTURANTA--A world ruler with his territory

extending up to the four oceans. (AS' VI. 1

verse 3).
 

 
CITRA GHĀTA--Capital punishment accompanied

by physical torture (AS' IV. 11).
 

 
JA
 
NA--A Vedic term, which means the whole people
or the whole tribe or the whole country, being an
aggregate of several viśas. The chief of a JANA-A Vedic termana, which means the whole people
or the whole tribe or the whole country, being an
aggregate of several visas. The chief of a Jana,

being a king, is called the Janapati. Cf. viśvā-

mitrasya rakṣati brahmedamṁ bharatamārataṁ janam,

'the prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the whole

people of Bhaārata', (Ṛgveda. III. 53.2).

 
JANAPATI--A Vedic term meaning a King, who is

the chief of a Jana or a group of several Visas
śas
(see Jana).
 

 
JANAPADA—(1)=RĀȘTṢṬRA.
 

(2) =DES'A¹.
 
6. P.. C. Chakravarti, The Art of War in Ancient India, p. 2.
1. Cf. brahmävartamāvartaṁ janapadam atha cchāyayā gāhamānaḥ

(Meghaduta I. 49).
 
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