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(the court minstrel and chronicler),' Grāmaṇī
(the most prominent among the village headmen),
Kṣattā (the royal Chamberlain), Samgrahitā
(the treasurer), Bhagadugha (the collector of
revenue), Akşāvāpa (officer in charge of the
royal records and State Account),¹ Govikarta
(officer in charge of the royal herd of cattle)
7. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 194. Altekar (SGAI, p. 162)
suggests that the Suta was probably the commander of the
chariot corps of the royal army, who might have also acted as
the honorary charioteer to the King.
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8. The meaning 'food distributor' given by U. N. Ghoshal
(History of the Hindu Public Life, I. p. 109) is doubtful. Vide
Altekar, SGAI, p. 162, n. 1).
9. The term Samgrahita corresponds to the term Sannidhātā
(q.v.) given by Kautilya in AS' II.5 and the term Bhagadugha
corresponds to the term Samahartā (q.v.) given by Kautilya in
AS' II. 6.
1. Altekar (SGAI, p. 162) gives the meaning as "the King's
companion at the game table". Commentators of the Vedic
texts have explained the term as "the controller of gambling".
But Jayaswal (Hindu Polity, p. 195) gives the meaning as
"officer in charge of State Accounts", in the light of the terms
Akşapaṭalā, given in AS' II. 7. We have also preferred to give
the present meaning, taking the term Akṣāvāpa to be analogous
to the term Akşapaṭalādhyakṣa given by Kautilya (AŚ II. 7).
It is deemed reasonable to presume that when the seventh and
the eighth terms of the list of Ratnins correspond to the terms
given in the 5th and 6th chapters of Book II of the AS respective-
ly, the ninth term should correspond to a term given in the
seventh chapter of AS II.
2. This meaning is given after Altekar (SGAI, p. 102). Jayas-
wal (Hindu Polity, p. 196) gives the meaning as the 'master
of forests and takes him to have been in charge also of the hunts-
in the light of McCrindle's Megasthenes, p. 86. Macdonell
and Keith give the meaning as either 'slayer of cows' or 'hunts.
man.' (Vedic Index. Vol. II, p. 199).
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(the court minstrel and chronicler),' Grāmaṇī
(the most prominent among the village headmen),
Kṣattā (the royal Chamberlain), Samgrahitā
(the treasurer), Bhagadugha (the collector of
revenue), Akşāvāpa (officer in charge of the
royal records and State Account),¹ Govikarta
(officer in charge of the royal herd of cattle)
7. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 194. Altekar (SGAI, p. 162)
suggests that the Suta was probably the commander of the
chariot corps of the royal army, who might have also acted as
the honorary charioteer to the King.
141
8. The meaning 'food distributor' given by U. N. Ghoshal
(History of the Hindu Public Life, I. p. 109) is doubtful. Vide
Altekar, SGAI, p. 162, n. 1).
9. The term Samgrahita corresponds to the term Sannidhātā
(q.v.) given by Kautilya in AS' II.5 and the term Bhagadugha
corresponds to the term Samahartā (q.v.) given by Kautilya in
AS' II. 6.
1. Altekar (SGAI, p. 162) gives the meaning as "the King's
companion at the game table". Commentators of the Vedic
texts have explained the term as "the controller of gambling".
But Jayaswal (Hindu Polity, p. 195) gives the meaning as
"officer in charge of State Accounts", in the light of the terms
Akşapaṭalā, given in AS' II. 7. We have also preferred to give
the present meaning, taking the term Akṣāvāpa to be analogous
to the term Akşapaṭalādhyakṣa given by Kautilya (AŚ II. 7).
It is deemed reasonable to presume that when the seventh and
the eighth terms of the list of Ratnins correspond to the terms
given in the 5th and 6th chapters of Book II of the AS respective-
ly, the ninth term should correspond to a term given in the
seventh chapter of AS II.
2. This meaning is given after Altekar (SGAI, p. 102). Jayas-
wal (Hindu Polity, p. 196) gives the meaning as the 'master
of forests and takes him to have been in charge also of the hunts-
in the light of McCrindle's Megasthenes, p. 86. Macdonell
and Keith give the meaning as either 'slayer of cows' or 'hunts.
man.' (Vedic Index. Vol. II, p. 199).
men
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