Political Concepts in Ancient India /117

Glossary
 
DHA
 
DHANIKA--A creditor (AŚ III. 11, Manu Sam.
ṁ.
VIII. 51. Yuūjnñavalkya, II. 55.

 
DHĀNVANA-DURGA --(1) Desert Fort (vide AS
 
Ś
II. 3).
 

(2) =Maru Durga of Vişnu Samṣṇu Saṁhitā III. 6.

(3) Dhanva Durga of Mahābhārata Śānti Parva,

86.5 and Manu Samṁ. VII. 70.¹
 
=
 
9 The reading dhanurdurgāṇi in Manu Saṁ, VII. 7
 
0
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
(4) This fort remains surrounded by deserts and

devoid of water for five Yojanas.³
 
Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smṛti Literature, p. 56.
 
DHARMA --(1) Righteousness as in the Asokan

Inscriptions.³
 
Cf. iyami dhamma lipi=iyaṁ dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhaḥ); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
(2) 'Religious and ritualistic law as well as rules

of morality and prudence" as in the term
' as in the term
Dharmasastra.
 
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence.5
 
(4) =Dharmaśśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. (See Viva-
dapada).
 
DHARMAVIJAYA-(1) Conquest by righteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest
 
1. The reading dhanurdurgāni in Manu Sam, VII. 70
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
 
2. Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smrti Literature, p. 56.
3. Cf. iyami dhamma lipi-iyam dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhah); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
 
4. Cf. A. S. Altekar. SGAI, p. 259.
 
5
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence. Cf. dharmārthāvirodhena kāmaṁ seveta (AS' I. 7).
6
(4) =Dharmaśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. Cf. AS' III. 1.
 
(See Vivā-
dapada).
 
DigitizedHARMAVIJAYA--(1) Conquest by
 
Goo rigle
 
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hteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest