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Glossary
literature till very late days. 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 Sadan-
ga-bala.
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(5) The term Patti (q.v.) has yet another meaning.
The infantry is also often called Padāti.
CATURANTA-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
JANA-A Vedic term, 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 brahmedam bharatam janam,
'the prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the whole
people of Bharata', (Ṛgveda. III. 53.2).
JANAPATI-A Vedic term meaning a King, who is
the chief of a Jana or a group of several Visas
(see Jana).
JANAPADA—(1)=RĀȘTRA.
(2) =DES'A¹.
6. P.C. Chakravarti, The Art of War in Ancient India, p. 2.
1. Cf. brahmävartam janapadam atha cchāyayā gāhamānaḥ
(Meghaduta I. 49).
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literature till very late days. 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 Sadan-
ga-bala.
81
(5) The term Patti (q.v.) has yet another meaning.
The infantry is also often called Padāti.
CATURANTA-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
JANA-A Vedic term, 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 brahmedam bharatam janam,
'the prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the whole
people of Bharata', (Ṛgveda. III. 53.2).
JANAPATI-A Vedic term meaning a King, who is
the chief of a Jana or a group of several Visas
(see Jana).
JANAPADA—(1)=RĀȘTRA.
(2) =DES'A¹.
6. P.C. Chakravarti, The Art of War in Ancient India, p. 2.
1. Cf. brahmävartam janapadam atha cchāyayā gāhamānaḥ
(Meghaduta I. 49).
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