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Political Concepts in Ancient India
 
gatam rakṣitamṁ vyasanebhyaśca mitramṁ jeyam
ñeyaṁ
caturvidham.¹
 
In the Hitopadeśa the first half is slightly differently read
as follows:--
aurasaṁ kṛtasambandhaṁ tathā vaṁśakramāgatam.
Accordingly we have a friend by birth, one acquired through
connections (other than parental connection) and one descended
from the same genealogical stock, while one saved from calamity
is the fourth variety as given in the second half. (Vide Hitopa-
deśa, I, 93).
 
MITRA PRAKRṚTI--The allied king whose terri-

tory stands separated from the territory of a

Viījigisṣu (i.e. the Aggressor, the central figure

in the Mandṇḍala theory) by the territory of an-

other king, who is usually an enemy.
 

Cf. tathaiva bhumyekāntarā mitraprakṛtiḥ (AŚ³
'
VI. 2).
 

 
MITRA-BALA--Soldiers derived from anally in
time of an aggression.
 

time of an aggression.
 
MITRA-MITRA-An ally in the circle of the
-An ally in the circle of the
allies and enemies as conceived in the Mandala
ṇḍala
theory. His territory stands fifth from that of

the Viījigisṣu being immediately beyond the
territory of the Arimitra.
 

territory of the Arimitra.
 
MITRA-SANDHI--"Treaty for the acquisition

of an ally". When in a treaty both the parties
stop hostility and come to an agreement, aiming
at the gain of an ally for both of them, the trea-
ty is called Mitra-Sandhi (AŚ VII. 9).
 
MITRA SAMPAT-The ideal and desirable quali-
ties of an ally which put him to the best advan-
tage of the Vijigisu (AŚ VI. 1).
 
1. In the Hitopadeśa the first half is slightly differently read
 
as follows:-
aurasam krtasambandham tathā vamsakramagatam.
Accordingly we have a friend by birth, one acquired through
connections (other than parental connection) and one descended
from the same genealogical stock, while one saved from calamity
is the fourth variety as given in the second half. (Vide Hitopa-
desa, I, 93).
 
2. U. N. Ghoshal, HIPI, p. 98,
 
Digitized When in a treaty by
 
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Original from
UNIoth the parties
stop hostility and come to an agreement, aiming
at the gain of an ally for both of them, the trea-
ty is called Mitra-Sandhi (AŚ VEII. 9).
 
MITRA SIAMPATY OF MICHIGAN
 
--The ideal and desirable quali-
ties of an ally which put him to the best advan-
tage of the Vījigiṣu (AŚ VI. 1).