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Political Concepts in Ancient India
subsequent verse)= Vyavaharika sastra-the
Current Law, presumably, as laid down by the
Arthaśāstra, Caritra Samsthi-usage; and
Rājaśāsana=Śāsana=Nyāya=King's (good)
reasoning.
VIVITĀDHYAKSA-Superintendent of grazing
grounds (AS II.34).
VIS (1) Plural Visaḥ.
—
=
(2) The term refers to a number of villages
joined together by a tribal kinship.¹
(3) Also means 'the whole people', as in
'Viśastvā sarvu vāñchantu', 'Let you be desir-
able to all the people' (Rgveda, X. 173. 1;
Atharvaveda, VI. 87-1).
VISPATI-The chief of a number of villages joined
together by a common tribal kinship. (See
VIS).
VIŞAMA-SANDHI-Opposite of Sama-sandhi
(q.v.). When in a treaty the two parties aim at
achieving two different gains, e.g., one aiming
at an ally (Mitra) and the other aiming at
wealth (Hiranya), the treaty is called a Vişama-
sandhi (AŚ VII.9).
VIŞAYA-An administrative division of a State,
governed by an officer called the Visayapati.
But the meaning was not always uniform. Some-
time the term meant the whole territory. In
9. Cf. U. N. Ghoshal, HIPI, p. 113.
1. The chief of such a group of villages being called Vispati.
2. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 12 n.
3. Cf. svayam grasitāro nirviṣayāḥ kāryāḥ (Brāhmaṇas who
voluntarily eat prohibited articles are to be expelled from the
whole territory) in AS IV.13,
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Political Concepts in Ancient India
subsequent verse)= Vyavaharika sastra-the
Current Law, presumably, as laid down by the
Arthaśāstra, Caritra Samsthi-usage; and
Rājaśāsana=Śāsana=Nyāya=King's (good)
reasoning.
VIVITĀDHYAKSA-Superintendent of grazing
grounds (AS II.34).
VIS (1) Plural Visaḥ.
—
=
(2) The term refers to a number of villages
joined together by a tribal kinship.¹
(3) Also means 'the whole people', as in
'Viśastvā sarvu vāñchantu', 'Let you be desir-
able to all the people' (Rgveda, X. 173. 1;
Atharvaveda, VI. 87-1).
VISPATI-The chief of a number of villages joined
together by a common tribal kinship. (See
VIS).
VIŞAMA-SANDHI-Opposite of Sama-sandhi
(q.v.). When in a treaty the two parties aim at
achieving two different gains, e.g., one aiming
at an ally (Mitra) and the other aiming at
wealth (Hiranya), the treaty is called a Vişama-
sandhi (AŚ VII.9).
VIŞAYA-An administrative division of a State,
governed by an officer called the Visayapati.
But the meaning was not always uniform. Some-
time the term meant the whole territory. In
9. Cf. U. N. Ghoshal, HIPI, p. 113.
1. The chief of such a group of villages being called Vispati.
2. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 12 n.
3. Cf. svayam grasitāro nirviṣayāḥ kāryāḥ (Brāhmaṇas who
voluntarily eat prohibited articles are to be expelled from the
whole territory) in AS IV.13,
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