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literature till very late days. P.C. Chakravarti, The 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 Ṣaḍaṅ-
ga-bala.
(5) The term Patti (q.v.) has yet another meaning.
The infantry is also often called Padāti.
CĀTURANTA--A world ruler with his territory
extending up to the four oceans. (AS'Ś VI. 1
verse 3).
CITRA GHĀTA--Capital punishment accompanied
by physical torture (AS'Ś IV. 11).
JANA--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,
being a king, is called the Janapati. Cf. viśvā-
mitrasya rakṣati brahmedaṁ bhārataṁ janam,
'the prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the whole
people of Bhārata', (Ṛgveda. III. 53.2).
JANAPATI--A Vedic term meaning a King, who is
the chief of a Jana or a group of several Viśas
(see Jana).
JANAPADA—(1)=RĀṢṬRA.
(2) =DES'ŚA. Cf. brahmāvartaṁ janapadam atha cchāyayā gāhamānaḥ
(Meghaduta I. 49).
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 Ṣaḍaṅ-
ga-bala.
(5) The term Patti (q.v.) has yet another meaning.
The infantry is also often called Padāti.
CĀTURANTA--A world ruler with his territory
extending up to the four oceans. (A
verse 3).
CITRA GHĀTA--Capital punishment accompanied
by physical torture (A
JANA--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,
being a king, is called the Janapati. Cf. viśvā-
mitrasya rakṣati brahmedaṁ bhārataṁ janam,
'the prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the whole
people of Bhārata', (Ṛgveda. III. 53.2).
JANAPATI--A Vedic term meaning a King, who is
the chief of a Jana or a group of several Viśas
(see Jana).
JANAPADA—(1)=RĀṢṬRA.
(2) =DE
(Meghaduta I. 49).