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(the exchequer), Bala (the military power or
force) and Suhṛt (allies)..
 
(2) Manu calls them the seven Prakṛtis and also
the seven Angas.' In the list of Angas or
Prakrtis, given by Manu, we have Pura in the
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 Prakṛtayaḥ, we have Durga
in place of Pura, Janapada (the territory along
with the people) in place of Rastra, and Mitra
(allies) for Suhrt.
 
(4) Mahābhārata uses the term Saptānga (Santi
Parva, 59.51). The seven Angas (elements)
are named as Atma (self, i.e., Svāmī), Amātya,
Kośa, Danda, Mitrāni, Janapadaḥ and Pura.
SABHĀ-A popular assembly of the Vedic age.
"Probably it was a standing and stationary body
of selected men working under the Samiti. The
Sabha had its president called Sabhapati". The
Sabha worked as the national judicature. In
 
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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.
 
3. Vide Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 17 f,
 
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