Political Concepts in Ancient India /199

GlossarSŪTA--(1) A charioteer.
(2) A bard or minstrel.
(3) A chronicler.
(4) Sūta is mentioned as one of the eleven
Ratnins (q.v.). As such Sūta may
 
SUTA (1) A charioteer.
(2) A bard or minstrel.
(3) A chronicler.
 
(4) Sūta is mentioned as one of the eleven
Ratnins (q.v.). As such Sūta mae taken to
be either the court minstrel cum chronicler or
the commander of the roy be taken to
be either the court minstrel cum chronicler or
the commander of the royal chariot corps cum

King's charioteer.
 

(5) The son of a Kṣatriya by a woman of the

Brāhmaṇa caste. (Manu Saṁ, 10.11).
SU Cf. Kṣatriyād viprakanyāyāṁ sūto bhavati jātitaḥ (Manu Saṁ. 10.11). Compare also: Kṣatriyāt suta eva tu, (Ibid. 10.11).
 
SŪTRĀDHYAKŞAṢA--Superintendent of Weaving.
 

He was expected to supervise the state won

cloth industry (AŚ. II.23). This officer is

called Vastrādhipa in SŚukranītisāra (II.118).

 
SURĀDHYAKŞAṢA--Superintendent of distilleries

and drinking houses (ASŚ. II.25).

 
SUVARŅṆĀDHYAKŞAṢA--An officer engaged to

supervise the act of purification of gold, silver

etc. (AŚ. II.13).
 

 
SETU --(1) A dam (vide AŚ. II.1).
 
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(2) Some five sources of royal income viz.

Pusṣpavatāṭa (flower garden), Phalavata (fruit
āṭa (fruit
garden), etc. enumerated in AŚ. II. 6 are to-

gether known as Setu.
 

(3) Mark for demarcating boundary between two

plots of land or between two villages etc. vide
AS
AŚ. III.8 and Manu Samṁ. VIII.245.
 

 
SETU-BANDH-A dam .-A dam (AŚ. II.1).

 
SENĀNĪ—(1) A leader of an army.
 
4. Cf. Kşatriyad viprakanyāyām sūto bhavati jätitaḥ (Manu
Sam. 10.11). Compare also: Ksatriyat suta eva tu, (Ibid. 10.11).
 
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