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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(6) According to Amara, Sahasa is synonymous
to Dāṇda (punishment).¹
SIDDHI-Success. It is the main objective of
foreign policy. (AŚ. IX.7). Viśakhadatta in his
drama, Mudrārākṣasa uses the term in the sense
of 'administration'. He speaks of three kinds
of administration, viz. Sacivayatta Siddhi
(Ministerial administration), Rājāyattā Siddhi
(administration dependent on the King or an
autocratic administration) and Ubhayāyattā
Siddhi (joint administration).
SITĀ (1) All types of grains collected and brought
to the Koṣṭhāgāra by the Sitadhyakṣa (AŚ' II.9).³
—
(2) Literally a furrow and hence the cultivable
land or earth in general as in AS. VII.17,
where it is mentioned after agni (fire) and udaka
(water) and said to have been touched in time of
swearing or taking oath.
SĪTĀTYAYA-(1) A type of levy on agricultural
products. (AŚ. II.12).
(2) A fine for stealing corn from another man's
field (AS. V.2).
SİTĀDHYAKŞA-Superintendent of Agriculture
(AS. II. 24). This officer was responsible for
the cultivation of the crown-lands.
1. sāhasantu damo danḍah (Amara, Kṣatriya varga).
2. As translated by Dhruva.
Cf. iha khalvarthaśāstrakārās-trividhāṁ siddhim upavarṇayanti
rājāyattāṁ sacivāyatlām ubhayāyattāṁ ca (Mudrārāksasa
III). "Authors of works on politics speak of three forms of
administration in this world..
(Dhruva's
translation).
3. sitādhyakşopanitaḥ śasyavarṇakaḥ sītā.
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Political Concepts in Ancient India
(6) According to Amara, Sahasa is synonymous
to Dāṇda (punishment).¹
SIDDHI-Success. It is the main objective of
foreign policy. (AŚ. IX.7). Viśakhadatta in his
drama, Mudrārākṣasa uses the term in the sense
of 'administration'. He speaks of three kinds
of administration, viz. Sacivayatta Siddhi
(Ministerial administration), Rājāyattā Siddhi
(administration dependent on the King or an
autocratic administration) and Ubhayāyattā
Siddhi (joint administration).
SITĀ (1) All types of grains collected and brought
to the Koṣṭhāgāra by the Sitadhyakṣa (AŚ' II.9).³
—
(2) Literally a furrow and hence the cultivable
land or earth in general as in AS. VII.17,
where it is mentioned after agni (fire) and udaka
(water) and said to have been touched in time of
swearing or taking oath.
SĪTĀTYAYA-(1) A type of levy on agricultural
products. (AŚ. II.12).
(2) A fine for stealing corn from another man's
field (AS. V.2).
SİTĀDHYAKŞA-Superintendent of Agriculture
(AS. II. 24). This officer was responsible for
the cultivation of the crown-lands.
1. sāhasantu damo danḍah (Amara, Kṣatriya varga).
2. As translated by Dhruva.
Cf. iha khalvarthaśāstrakārās-trividhāṁ siddhim upavarṇayanti
rājāyattāṁ sacivāyatlām ubhayāyattāṁ ca (Mudrārāksasa
III). "Authors of works on politics speak of three forms of
administration in this world..
(Dhruva's
translation).
3. sitādhyakşopanitaḥ śasyavarṇakaḥ sītā.
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