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to Kṣatriya and the second to Agra-śreṇī.
Kauṭilya's Śreṇī is possibly an abbreviation of
Agra-śreṇī of the Macedonian records. Jayaswal, Ibid., pp. 52 f.

ŚREṆĪ-BALA--Troops raised from the guilds. For several other probable but less convincing interpre-
tations of the term see P. C. Chakravarti, The Art of War in
Ancient India, p. 5 f.
See Saḍaṇga bala and Śreṇī.

ŚREṆĪMUKHYA. The leader of a guild (Śreṇī).
Though the Śreṇīs were somewhat autonomous,
their leaders used to get a salary from the king
and the same is fixed at 8000 paṇas per annum
(AŚ. V. 3 and VIII. 4.)

ṢADAṄGA-BALA--(1) The six-fold army con-
risting of Maula (hereditary troops), Bhaṛtaka
(mercenary soldiers), Śreni (troops raised from
the guilds), Mitra (soldiers supplied by feuda-
tory chiefs or allies), Amitra (soldiers won
over from the enemy), and Aṭavībala (soldiers
received from forest rulers). Also called Bhṛta-bala or Bhṛtya-bala. Also called Suhṛd-bala. Also called Dviṣad-bala.
Also called Āṭavika-bala. Cf. maula-bhṛtaka-śreṇī-mitra-amitra-aṭavī-balānāṁ samut-
thānakālaḥ (AŚ. IX. 1). 
(2) Manu Saṁhitā, VII.185 refers to a six-fold
army (ṣaḍvidhaṁ balaṁ), which is explained by
Kulluka as Senā and Karmakaras (workmen) in

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