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Glossary
honour and dress in higher (mahati) degree
(mātrā) or measure.
(9) According to Sukra each minister had two
junior ministers attached to his particular
department."
The chief of these three was distinguished by
the title Mahāmātra.³
MAHIŞI (1) The queen.
(2) The chief queen.
(3) One of the eleven Ratnins (q.v.).
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MAHĪDURGA-(1) An earth fort (vide Mbh. Santi
86.5 and Manu Sam. VII. 70).
(2) Medhatithi describes it to be a fort surroun-
ded on all sides by deep waters.
MĀTSYANYAYA-(1) The maxim of the strong
fishes destroying the weak ones in the open sea.
In analogy with it, the term in the context
of politics means "a state of anarchy".¹ In the
absence of a king there occurs a state of anarchy
(Mātsyanyāya) where the strong men destroy
the weak ones with impunity. See AS I. 4 for
the use of the term and explanation.³
6. mantre karmaṇi bhuṣāyāṁ vitte māne paricchade mātrā ca
mahati yeşāṁ mahāmātrāstu te smṛtāḥ.
7. ekasminnadhikare tu puruşaṇām trayam sada niyunjita
prājñatamaṁ mukhayam ekaṁ tu teşu vai (Śukranitisūra II 109).
8. K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 305.
1. See Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 82 n.
2. apraṇīto hi mātsyanyāyam udbhāvayanti valfyān abalaṁhi
grasate dandadharābhāve.
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honour and dress in higher (mahati) degree
(mātrā) or measure.
(9) According to Sukra each minister had two
junior ministers attached to his particular
department."
The chief of these three was distinguished by
the title Mahāmātra.³
MAHIŞI (1) The queen.
(2) The chief queen.
(3) One of the eleven Ratnins (q.v.).
131
MAHĪDURGA-(1) An earth fort (vide Mbh. Santi
86.5 and Manu Sam. VII. 70).
(2) Medhatithi describes it to be a fort surroun-
ded on all sides by deep waters.
MĀTSYANYAYA-(1) The maxim of the strong
fishes destroying the weak ones in the open sea.
In analogy with it, the term in the context
of politics means "a state of anarchy".¹ In the
absence of a king there occurs a state of anarchy
(Mātsyanyāya) where the strong men destroy
the weak ones with impunity. See AS I. 4 for
the use of the term and explanation.³
6. mantre karmaṇi bhuṣāyāṁ vitte māne paricchade mātrā ca
mahati yeşāṁ mahāmātrāstu te smṛtāḥ.
7. ekasminnadhikare tu puruşaṇām trayam sada niyunjita
prājñatamaṁ mukhayam ekaṁ tu teşu vai (Śukranitisūra II 109).
8. K. P. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 305.
1. See Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 82 n.
2. apraṇīto hi mātsyanyāyam udbhāvayanti valfyān abalaṁhi
grasate dandadharābhāve.
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