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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(2) The term also occurs in the Thirteenth Rock
Edict of Asoka (Shahbazgarhi version), line
10.5
(3)=Bhojaka, a term which occurs also in the
Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela, line
6. D. C. Sircar takes the meaning of this term
to be "Jagirdar"."
BHAUJYA-(1) As explained by Jayaswal, it is a
peculiar type of government headed by a num-
ber of Kings (rājānaḥ), who after being anointed
used to be called Bhojas, as noticed in the Aita-
reya Brāhmaṇa, VIII. 14.8
(2) Sāyaṇa, while commenting on Aitareya
Brāhmaṇa VIII. 14 ff., gives the meaning as
'enjoyment and prosperity'. A. B. Keith, in the
same contexts, renders the term as 'self-rule'.'
(3) The king enjoying the status of Bhaujya
used to be called a Bhoja. The term Bhoja seems
to have been used to imply a higher degree of
supremacy of the king to whom it was applied
as an epithet. Cf. raja bhojo virāt samrāt
kṣatriyo bhupatir nṛpaḥ ya ebhiḥ stuyate sabdaiḥ
kastam nārcitumarhati. (Mahabharata, Santi
Parva, 68. 54).
Bhaujya as a republic is not convincing (See notes under
Svārājya). Hence, the term Bhaujya should better be rendered
as 'self-rule' and Bhoja as an 'independent ruler'.
5. Cf. 'bhoja-pitinikeşu'...., Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 36.
6. Cf. sava rathika-bhojake pade baṁdāpayati.
7. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 220. n. 1. Altekar also takes
the meaning of Bhoja as 'feudal lord' (vide SGAI, p. 37).
8. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 75. But such a meaning is not
convincing. See note under Svārājya,
9. See Basu, IAB, p. 87.
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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(2) The term also occurs in the Thirteenth Rock
Edict of Asoka (Shahbazgarhi version), line
10.5
(3)=Bhojaka, a term which occurs also in the
Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela, line
6. D. C. Sircar takes the meaning of this term
to be "Jagirdar"."
BHAUJYA-(1) As explained by Jayaswal, it is a
peculiar type of government headed by a num-
ber of Kings (rājānaḥ), who after being anointed
used to be called Bhojas, as noticed in the Aita-
reya Brāhmaṇa, VIII. 14.8
(2) Sāyaṇa, while commenting on Aitareya
Brāhmaṇa VIII. 14 ff., gives the meaning as
'enjoyment and prosperity'. A. B. Keith, in the
same contexts, renders the term as 'self-rule'.'
(3) The king enjoying the status of Bhaujya
used to be called a Bhoja. The term Bhoja seems
to have been used to imply a higher degree of
supremacy of the king to whom it was applied
as an epithet. Cf. raja bhojo virāt samrāt
kṣatriyo bhupatir nṛpaḥ ya ebhiḥ stuyate sabdaiḥ
kastam nārcitumarhati. (Mahabharata, Santi
Parva, 68. 54).
Bhaujya as a republic is not convincing (See notes under
Svārājya). Hence, the term Bhaujya should better be rendered
as 'self-rule' and Bhoja as an 'independent ruler'.
5. Cf. 'bhoja-pitinikeşu'...., Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 36.
6. Cf. sava rathika-bhojake pade baṁdāpayati.
7. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 220. n. 1. Altekar also takes
the meaning of Bhoja as 'feudal lord' (vide SGAI, p. 37).
8. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 75. But such a meaning is not
convincing. See note under Svārājya,
9. See Basu, IAB, p. 87.
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