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SAHODḌHA--The
 
son of a woman married in a

pregnant state by another man (with or without

the knowledge of her pregnancy) is a Sahodha
ḍha
son to the present husband of the woman.

(Manu Samṁ. IX. 173) (cf. ASŚ. III.7).
 

 
SĀKŞIṢĪ--A witness, an eye-witness.
SA
 
SĀNDHIVIGRAHIKA--Minister for peace and

war. He had also 'more definite military func-
tions and often accompanied the King on cam-
paign'.
 
SĀMA (1) The first of the four Upāyas (q.v.).
 
(2) It is the policy of conciliation or negotiation
used as a means of success against an enemy.
(3) According to Kautilya there are five kinds
of Sama, viz. Gunasamkirtana (flattery), Sam-
Allahabandhopākhyāna (references to close and cor-
dial relationship),d Stone Parasparopakārasandarśana
(acknowledgement of good done to each other),
Ayatipradarśana (reference to the prospect of
certain mutual benefits), Atmopanidhana (sur-
render of wealth for mutual free use with the
acknowledgement of mutual non-difference).
(AŚ. II. 10).
 
SAMANTA (1) A feudatory ruler.³
 
(2) A neighbour.*
 
1. Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (line
illar Inscription of Samudragupta (line
32) describes the author Harisena as a Saṇa as a Sāndhivigrahika. See,

D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, p. 268 n. 1.
 
2
He had also 'more definite military func-
tions and often accompanied the King on cam-
paign'. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 100.
 

 
SĀMA--(1) The first of the four Upāyas (q.v.).
(2) It is the policy of conciliation or negotiation
used as a means of success against an enemy.
(3) According to Kauṭilya there are five kinds
of Sama, viz. Guṇasaṁkīrtana (flattery), Saṁ-
bandhopākhyāna (references to close and cor-
dial relationship), Parasparopakārasandarśana
(acknowledgement of good done to each other),
Āyatipradarśana (reference to the prospect of
certain mutual benefits), Ātmopanidhāna (sur-
render of wealth for mutual free use with the
acknowledgement of mutual non-difference).
(AŚ. II. 10).
 
SAMANTA--(1) A feudatory ruler. D. C. Sircar, Indian Epigraphical Glossary, p. 289. Apte,

Students' Sanskrit English Dictionary, p. 598.
4. AS
(2) A neighbour. AŚ. III.8 etc.; Apte, Ibid.
 
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