Political Concepts in Ancient India /122

10(2
 
Political) Concepts in Ancient India
 
(2) Capital invested in some business (vide AŚ

III. 20).
 

 
NRṚ-DURGA--See Manuşṣya Durga.

 
NRṚPA-ŚĀSTRA--The science of politics.

 
NYAĀYAKARANṆIKA--The officer responsible for
settling disputes regarding a gift land. (vide

settling disputes regarding a gift land. (vide
Nidhanpur C. P. Grant of Bhāskaravarma).
 

 
PA
 
KṢA--(1) Usually given in duel number as
PAKŞA (1) ṢAUsually given in duel number as
PAKŞAU.
 
.
(2) =The frontal two parts of a mass of army

which is recommended to be divided into frontal

two parts, hinder two parts and a middle part.

(See Mandṇḍala, Urasya, Kakṣa and cf. ASŚ X.

5, X. 6, etc.).
 

 
PAÑCAGRĀMIĪ--(1) A cluster of five villages (48
AŚ
II. 5).
 

(2) An officer (i.e., a Gopa) in charge of five villa-
ges. (AS
ges. (AŚ IV. 13).
 

 
PANÑCAMAHĀVĀDYA--See
 
Pañcasmahā-śabda,
(1).
 

 
PAÑCAMAHĀŠŚABDA—(1)
 
The five types of mu-

sical instruments which were used to greet some
higher officials indicating their higher status.

higher officials indicating their higher status.
The five musical instruments were Śringa or
trumpet, tṛiṅga or
trumpet, ṭammata or tabour, sanśaṅkha or conch-

shell used as a horn, bherī or kettledrum and

jayaghaṇṭā or gong.¹ This meaning of the term
 
Pancasmaha-sabda,
 
1. K. B. Pathak, Indian Antiquary, Vol. XII, p. 95 f.
 
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his meaning of the term