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for descendants in the Rock Edict XIII. (i) ayaṁ ca mukhyamataḥ vijayaḥ devāṇāṁ priyasy yaḥ dharmavijayaḥ (line 8).
(ii) taṁ ca eva vijayaṁ te manyantāṁ yaḥ dharma-vijayaḥ
(lines 11 and 12). The Sanskrit renderings are by
D. C. Sircar. (See Select Inscriptions, p. 36 f.). From
what is given in this Rock Edict, we may con-
clude that this type of conquest is a purely moral
and cultural conquest devoid of any use of arms.
(2) According to Kauṭilya, 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. Cf. teṣāṁ abhyavapattyā dharmavijayāī tuṣyati (AS'Ś XIII. 1.)
(3) Kālidasa's concept of Dharmavijaya is very
near to Kauṭilya's conception of Lobhavijaya,
in. so far as Kālidasa'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.
DHARMAVIJAYĪ--(1) One of the three kinds of
conquerors, the other two being Lobhavijayī and
Asuravijayī. (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
by the defeated king. teṣāmabhyavapattyā dharma-vijayī tuṣyati (AŚ XII. 1).
(ii) taṁ ca eva vijayaṁ te manyantāṁ yaḥ dharma-vijayaḥ
(lines 11 and 12). The Sanskrit renderings are by
D. C. Sircar. (See Select Inscriptions, p. 36 f.). From
what is given in this Rock Edict, we may con-
clude that this type of conquest is a purely moral
and cultural conquest devoid of any use of arms.
(2) According to Kauṭilya, 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. Cf. teṣāṁ abhyavapattyā dharmavijayāī tuṣyati (A
(3) Kālidasa's concept of Dharmavijaya is very
near to Kauṭilya's conception of Lobhavijaya,
in. so far as Kālidasa'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.
DHARMAVIJAYĪ--(1) One of the three kinds of
conquerors, the other two being Lobhavijayī and
Asuravijayī. (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
by the defeated king. teṣāmabhyavapattyā dharma-vijayī tuṣyati (AŚ XII. 1).