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(3) The territory of a state.
(4) The country as against the city (i.e., Pura or
Nagara or Durga).³
(5) In AŚ. II. 1, Kauțilya discusses colonisation
of the countryside (Janapada).
(6) In AS. VI. 1, he discusses the marks of a
good rural area (Janapada sampat) and in AS.
VIII. 1, he discusses the calamities of the rural
area (Janapada Vyasana).
Political Concepts in Ancient India
(7) According to K. P. Jayaswal the term had
been used in the more ancient sources in the sense
of a 'political community' (HP. p. 31) or a
'political nation' (HP. p. 43). But these mean-
ings are controversial.
(8) Village as opposed to the town (Pura).³
(9) One of the seven constituent elements (sapt-
ānga or saptāprakrti) of the state.
(10) In the Brāhmaṇas this term denotes both
'people' as opposed to the king and the land'
or 'realm'.
JANAPADA DHARMA (1) The term occurs in
Manu Sam. VIII. 41.
(2) Deśadharma as it occurs in Manu Sam. I.
118.
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(3) The term plainly means the 'customs of the
province concerned', which should be taken
2. K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 230.
3. We have the term Janapadavadhu (Meghaduta, I. 16) in
the sense of rural women.
4. Vedic Index, Vol. I, p. 273.
5. Altekar, SGAI, p. 149.
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(3) The territory of a state.
(4) The country as against the city (i.e., Pura or
Nagara or Durga).³
(5) In AŚ. II. 1, Kauțilya discusses colonisation
of the countryside (Janapada).
(6) In AS. VI. 1, he discusses the marks of a
good rural area (Janapada sampat) and in AS.
VIII. 1, he discusses the calamities of the rural
area (Janapada Vyasana).
Political Concepts in Ancient India
(7) According to K. P. Jayaswal the term had
been used in the more ancient sources in the sense
of a 'political community' (HP. p. 31) or a
'political nation' (HP. p. 43). But these mean-
ings are controversial.
(8) Village as opposed to the town (Pura).³
(9) One of the seven constituent elements (sapt-
ānga or saptāprakrti) of the state.
(10) In the Brāhmaṇas this term denotes both
'people' as opposed to the king and the land'
or 'realm'.
JANAPADA DHARMA (1) The term occurs in
Manu Sam. VIII. 41.
(2) Deśadharma as it occurs in Manu Sam. I.
118.
=
(3) The term plainly means the 'customs of the
province concerned', which should be taken
2. K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 230.
3. We have the term Janapadavadhu (Meghaduta, I. 16) in
the sense of rural women.
4. Vedic Index, Vol. I, p. 273.
5. Altekar, SGAI, p. 149.
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