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Political Concepts in Ancient India
to Ksatriya and the second to Agra-śreṇī.
Kautilya's Śrent is possibly an abbreviation of
Agra-śreņī of the Macedonian records.³
ŚREŅĪ-BALA-Troops raised from the guilds.
See Sadanga bala and Śrenī.
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ŚREŅIMUKHYA. The leader of a guild (Śreṇī).
Though the Śrents were somewhat autonomous,
their leaders used to get a salary from the king
and the same is fixed at 8000 panas per annum
(AŚ. V. 3 and VIII. 4.)
SA
ŞADANGA-BALA (1) The six-fold army con-
risting of Maula (hereditary troops), Bhartaka¹
(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 Atavībala (soldiers
received from forest rulers).5
(2) Manu Samhita, VII.185 refers to a six-fold
army (sadvidham balam), which is explained by
Kulluka as Senā and Karmakaras (workmen) in
3. Jayaswal, Ibid., pp. 52 f.
4. 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.
1. Also called Bhrta-bala or Bhrtya-bala.
2. Also called Suhrd-bala.
3. Also called Dvişad-bala.
4. Also called Atavika-bala.
5. Cf. maula-bhrtaka-śreni-mitra-amitra-atavi-balānāṁ samut-
thanakalaḥ (AŚ. IX. 1).
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to Ksatriya and the second to Agra-śreṇī.
Kautilya's Śrent is possibly an abbreviation of
Agra-śreņī of the Macedonian records.³
ŚREŅĪ-BALA-Troops raised from the guilds.
See Sadanga bala and Śrenī.
164
ŚREŅIMUKHYA. The leader of a guild (Śreṇī).
Though the Śrents were somewhat autonomous,
their leaders used to get a salary from the king
and the same is fixed at 8000 panas per annum
(AŚ. V. 3 and VIII. 4.)
SA
ŞADANGA-BALA (1) The six-fold army con-
risting of Maula (hereditary troops), Bhartaka¹
(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 Atavībala (soldiers
received from forest rulers).5
(2) Manu Samhita, VII.185 refers to a six-fold
army (sadvidham balam), which is explained by
Kulluka as Senā and Karmakaras (workmen) in
3. Jayaswal, Ibid., pp. 52 f.
4. 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.
1. Also called Bhrta-bala or Bhrtya-bala.
2. Also called Suhrd-bala.
3. Also called Dvişad-bala.
4. Also called Atavika-bala.
5. Cf. maula-bhrtaka-śreni-mitra-amitra-atavi-balānāṁ samut-
thanakalaḥ (AŚ. IX. 1).
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Original from
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