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into consideration by the court in time of judging

a dispute on inheritance, marriage, etc.
 

(4) Desśadharma (Janapada dharma) is referred to

as a source of law also by Gautama..
 
deśajātikula-dharmā āmnāvairaviruddhāh pramāṇam (Gautama D. S. XI. 20).
(5) Jayaswal takes the term to mean laws formu-

lated by the Law making popular parliament,

called Janapada."
 
8 Jayaswal, H.P., p. 23
 
2.
 
JANAPADA-SAMPAT--The good qualities and the

desirable features of an ideal territory (i.e. the

expanse of the land) of an ideal state. Kau-
t
ṭilya gives the details in ASŚ. VI. 1.
 

 
JANMAN(S)—A term occurring in the Vedas, pre-

sumably means a village consisting of people

having the same lineage. (see also Macdonell

and Keith, Vedic Index. Vol. I).
 

 
JAYA-SKANDHĀVĀRA--The victorious camp.

Same as Skandhāvāra.
 

 
JĀNAPADA—(1) Citizen belonging to the country-

side as opposed to the people belonging to the

city. The term is often found used in the plural

as Janapadaānapadāḥ. In that case it should mean the

citizens of the countryside, as a whole.
 
See Pauras and n. 1 under the same.
(2) Jayaswal understands the term Janapadaānapadāḥ, in

the sense of a 'Realm Assembly' (HP. p. 229 ff)
or a political institution of the type of a popular

or a political institution of the type of a popular
assembly with executive and judicial authority.
 
6. deśajātikula-dharmā āmnāvairaviruddhāh pramāṇam
(Gautama D. S. XI. 20).
 
7. Jayaswal, H.P., p. 232.
 
8. See Pauras and n. 1 under the same.
 
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