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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(7) In the third and sixth Rock Edicts of
As'oka we find the Prakrit term Parisā (Skt.
Parişad) in the sense of Mantri-Parişad.5
(8) There seems usually to have been a chief
counsellor, the Mantrin par excellence, often
called "great counsellor" (mahamantrin).
MANTRI-PARIŞAD-ADHYAKŞA-The
president
of the council of ministers. He is one of the 18
Mahāmētras (q.v.)
MANTRĪ—(1) A minister.
(2) Strictly speaking a counsellor of the king in
policy matters.
(3) Amarakośa equates Mantrī to a Dhisaciva
(a minister for counsel) as opposed to a Karma-
saciva (a minister for action or execution).'
(4) Mantri=Dhisaciva-Matisaciva.
(5) The terms Mantri, Saciva and Amātya are
often indiscriminately used.
(6) Rāmāyaṇa 1-7-3 refers to Sumantra as an
Amatya, 1-7-4/5 name 7 others as Mantri, while
1-8-4 refers to Sumantra again as a Mantri.
(7) Manusaṁhita (VIII-54), while suggesting
that the council of ministers should have 7 or 8
members uses the term Saciva in the sense of
Mantri.
5. Parisāpi yute añapayisati (Third Rock Edict, line 6)
Parisāyam-parişadi (Sixth Rock Edict, line 7) (Vide D. C.
Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, pp. 19 and 24).
6. A. L. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 99.
7. mantri dhisacivo'mātyo'nye karmasacivā-stataḥ (Amarakośa-
Ksatriyavarga).
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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(7) In the third and sixth Rock Edicts of
As'oka we find the Prakrit term Parisā (Skt.
Parişad) in the sense of Mantri-Parişad.5
(8) There seems usually to have been a chief
counsellor, the Mantrin par excellence, often
called "great counsellor" (mahamantrin).
MANTRI-PARIŞAD-ADHYAKŞA-The
president
of the council of ministers. He is one of the 18
Mahāmētras (q.v.)
MANTRĪ—(1) A minister.
(2) Strictly speaking a counsellor of the king in
policy matters.
(3) Amarakośa equates Mantrī to a Dhisaciva
(a minister for counsel) as opposed to a Karma-
saciva (a minister for action or execution).'
(4) Mantri=Dhisaciva-Matisaciva.
(5) The terms Mantri, Saciva and Amātya are
often indiscriminately used.
(6) Rāmāyaṇa 1-7-3 refers to Sumantra as an
Amatya, 1-7-4/5 name 7 others as Mantri, while
1-8-4 refers to Sumantra again as a Mantri.
(7) Manusaṁhita (VIII-54), while suggesting
that the council of ministers should have 7 or 8
members uses the term Saciva in the sense of
Mantri.
5. Parisāpi yute añapayisati (Third Rock Edict, line 6)
Parisāyam-parişadi (Sixth Rock Edict, line 7) (Vide D. C.
Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, pp. 19 and 24).
6. A. L. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 99.
7. mantri dhisacivo'mātyo'nye karmasacivā-stataḥ (Amarakośa-
Ksatriyavarga).
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Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN