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9for descendants in the Rock Edict XIII. (i) ayaṁ ca mukhyamataḥ vijayaḥ devāṇāṁ priyasy yaḥ dharmavijayaḥ (line 8
 
Political).
(ii) taṁ ca eva vijayaṁ te manyantāṁ yaḥ dharma-vijayaḥ
(lines 11 and 12). The Sanskrit renderings are by
D. Concepts in Ancient India
 
for descendants in the. Sircar. (See Select Inscriptions, p. 36 f.). From
what is given in this Rock Edict XIII.' From
, what is given in this Rock Edict, we may con-

clude that this type of conquest is a purely moral
and cultural con
and cultural conquest devoid of any use of arms.

(2) According to Kautṭilya, however, Dharma-

vijaya is also a conquest by arms; but it is

characterised by the conqueror's being satisfied

simply by the recognition of his suzerainty by

the defeated king.³
 
Cf. teṣāṁ abhyavapattyā dharmavijayāī tuṣyati (AS' XIII. 1.)
(3) Kaālidasa's concept of Dharmavijaya is very

near to Kautṭilya's conception of Lobhavijaya,

in. so far as Kaālidasa's Dharmavijayī takes the

wealth of the defeated King, though he does not

grab the land of the defeated king and also does

not keep him a captive.
 
Cf. gṛhītapratimuktasya sa dharmavijayī nṛpaḥ śriyaṁ
mahendra nāthasya jahāra natu medinīm. (Raghuvaṁśa. IV. 43).
See also Altekar SGAI. p. 295 and Ghoshal, A History of Indian
Political Ideas, p. 303 f. n. 5.
 
DHARMAVIJAYÏĪ--(1) One of the three kinds of

conquerors, the other two being Lobhavijayi and
ī and
Asuravijayiī. (AŚ XII. 1).
 

(2) This type of conqueror indulges only in

Dharmavijaya, (q.v.) and he becomes content
simply by the formal recognition of his authority

simply by the formal recognition of his authority
by the defeated king.¹
 
7. (i) ayam ca mukhyamataḥ teṣāmabhyavapattyā dharma-vijayaḥ devāṇāṁ priyasy yaḥ
dharmavijayaḥ (line 8).
 
(ii) tam ca eva vijayam te manyantāṁ yaḥ dharma-vijayaḥ
(lines 11 and 12). The Sanskrit renderings are by
 
D. C. Sircar. (See Select Inscriptions, p. 36 f.).
 
8. Cf. teşāṁ abhyavapattya dharmavijayāi tuṣyati (AS' XIII. 1.)
9. Cf. grhitapratimuktasya sa dharmavijayi nrpaḥ śriyam
mahendra nāthasya jahāra natu medinim. (Raghuvamsa. IV. 43).
See also Altekar SGAI. p. 295 and Ghoshal, A History of Indian
Political Ideas, p. 303 f. n. 5.
 
1. teşāmabhyavapattyā dharma-vijayi tuşī tuṣyati (AŚ XII. 1).
 
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