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force) and Suhṛt (allies).
(2) Manu calls them the seven Prakṛtis and also
the seven A
Pra
sense of the fortified royal city in place of
Durga, and Danda (the four-fold army) in
place of Bala.
(3) Kautilya applies the term Prakrti for Anga.
In his list of Sapta P
sapta prakṛtay
IX. 294). Cf. saptāṅgaṁ rājyaṁ ucyate (Manu Saṁ, IX. 294) and
saptāṅgasyeha rājyasya, etc. (Manu Saṁ, IX. 296). In the list of Aṅgas or
Prakṛtis, given by Manu, we have Pura in the
sense of the fortified royal city in place of
Durga
in place of
place of Bala. Cf. puraṁ rājnaḥ kṛtadurga-nivaśanagaram (Kulluka's Com.
on Manu Saṁ. IX. 294).
(3) Kauṭilya applies the term Prakrti for Aṅga.
In his list of Sapta Prakṛtayaḥ, we have Durga
in place of Pura, Janapada (the territory along
with the people) in place of R
(allies) for Suh
yaḥ (AŚ. VI.1).
(4) Mahābhārata uses the term Saptā
Parva, 59.51). Saptaṅgasya ca rājyasya hrāsavṛddhisamañjasam.
The seven A
are named as A
are named as Ātma (self, i.e., Svāmī), Amātya,
Kośa, Da
SABHĀ--A popular assembly of the Vedic age.
"Probably it was a standing and stationary body
of selected men working under the Samiti. The
Sabh
Sabha worked as the national judicature
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6. Cf. svamyamatyau puraṁ rāṣṭram kokadaṇḍau suhrt tathā
sapta prakrtayo hyetaḥ saptangaṁ rājyam ucyate (Manu Sam,
IX. 294).
7. Cf. saptāngaṁ rājyam ucyate (Manu Sam, IX. 294) and
saptängasyeha räjyasya, etc. (Manu Sam, IX. 296).
8. Cf. puram rajnaḥ kṛtadurga-nivasanagaram (Kulluka's Com.
on Manu Sam. IX. 294).
svämyamatya-janapadadurga-koba-danda-mitrāni Prakrta-
9.
yaḥ (AS. VI.1).
1. Saptangasya ca rājyasya hṛā savyddhisamanjasam.
2. Santi Parva, 69.64-65.
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