Political Concepts in Ancient India /202

Political Concepts in Ancient India
 
STHALA-YODHIĪ-A
 
-A soldier who fights, remaining
on the surface of land (AS
on the surface of land (AŚ. VII.10). Opposed

to Nimnayodhiī (q.v.).
 
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STHANA-Same as Asana (q.v.) and Upekṣaṇa
(q.v.).
 

 
STHĀNIKA (1) A subordinate officer either
under the Samāhartā or under the NagariA--Same as Āsana (q.v.) and Upeka.
 
(2) The entire countryside is diṣaṇa
(q.vided into four
sectors and each is put under a Sthanika.
 
(3) The entire city is divided into four wards
and each is put under a Sthānika.5
 
(4) The Sthanika looks after and carries on civil
administrative affairs under the direction of the
Samaharta or the Nagarika.
 
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STHAĀNIKA--(1) A subordinate officer either
under the Samāhartā or under the Nāgarika.
(2) The entire countryside is divided into four
sectors and each is put under a Sthānika. AŚ. II.34.
(3) The entire city is divided into four wards
and each is put under a Sthānika. AŚ. II.35.
(4) The Sthānika looks after and carries on civil
administrative affairs under the direction of the
Samāhartā or the Nāgarika.
 
STHĀNĪYA--A major town belonging to a block

of 800 villages. aṣṭaśatagrāmyā madhye sthānīyam (AŚ. II.1).
A court of justice under a
Dharmastha is housed in the office of the head

of a Sthānīya (AŚ. III. 1).
 

 
STHUŪLALAKŞAṢA--Highly generous. A high gene-

rosity is one of the Abhigāmika Gunṇas (q.v.).

 
SVAYAMṀ DATTA—(1) One of the 12 varieties of

sons defined by Manu.
 

(2) Same as Upagata of Kautilya.
 
ṭilya.
(3) Manu observes that the son should be either

bereft of parents or abandoned by them fo
r
no adequate reason and then should come to his

new father and offer himself voluntarily as his

son. See Manu Samṁ. IX.177.
 
4. AS. II.34.
 
5. AS. II.35.
 
6. aṣṭaśatagrāmyā madhye sthānīyam (AŚ. II.1).
 
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