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Glossary
SVARĀT-The president of a Svārājya type of
republican state, as explained by Jayaswal.
But it is better to understand the meaning
plainly as 'a sovereign ruler'. (See Svarajya).
SVĀMI (1) The master or the ruler.
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(2) The first of the seven mutually beneficial ele-
ments of the state.' (AS. VI.1). See under
Prakrti.
SVĀMI-SAMPAT-The ideal qualities of the
master, i.e., the king.
SVĀRĀJYA--(1) As explained by Jayaswal it was
a peculiar type of republican government, which
according to Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VIII.14 pre-
vailed in western India, and the president of
such a republican state used to be called a
Svarāṭ.8
7. U. N. Ghoshal (HIPI. p. 84) renders the term as 'the so-
vereign ruler' and Altekar (SGAI, p. 44) as 'the king'.
8. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 76 f.
Cf. etasyām praticyām diki ye ke ca nicyānāṁ rājāna
ye'pacyānāṁ svārājyāyaiva te'bhisicyante svaraḍ ityenān
abhişiklān acakşato. . . . . . (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VIII:14).
In this and the following passages of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,
up to VIII.19, we have references to terms like Bhaujya, Vairājya
and Svārājya, which are tried to be explained as various forms
of republics. But a careful examination of the passages shows
that these terms imply various degrees of the states of a king.
Indra had been consecrated in the various directions for various
degrees of supremacy as a king, called Bhaujya, Svārājya, etc.
Hence, the later kings of the respective regions also came to
be known by the respective terms like Bhaujya, Svārājya, etc.
By the plural number in the references to these practices (e.g.
te'bhisicyante) only the very many kings of the successive periods
or of the different kingdoms of the respective regions are referred
to. These terms do not seem to refer to anything of the sort of
a Gaṇarājya (q.v.) or Gana-republic,
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SVARĀT-The president of a Svārājya type of
republican state, as explained by Jayaswal.
But it is better to understand the meaning
plainly as 'a sovereign ruler'. (See Svarajya).
SVĀMI (1) The master or the ruler.
183
(2) The first of the seven mutually beneficial ele-
ments of the state.' (AS. VI.1). See under
Prakrti.
SVĀMI-SAMPAT-The ideal qualities of the
master, i.e., the king.
SVĀRĀJYA--(1) As explained by Jayaswal it was
a peculiar type of republican government, which
according to Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VIII.14 pre-
vailed in western India, and the president of
such a republican state used to be called a
Svarāṭ.8
7. U. N. Ghoshal (HIPI. p. 84) renders the term as 'the so-
vereign ruler' and Altekar (SGAI, p. 44) as 'the king'.
8. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 76 f.
Cf. etasyām praticyām diki ye ke ca nicyānāṁ rājāna
ye'pacyānāṁ svārājyāyaiva te'bhisicyante svaraḍ ityenān
abhişiklān acakşato. . . . . . (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VIII:14).
In this and the following passages of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,
up to VIII.19, we have references to terms like Bhaujya, Vairājya
and Svārājya, which are tried to be explained as various forms
of republics. But a careful examination of the passages shows
that these terms imply various degrees of the states of a king.
Indra had been consecrated in the various directions for various
degrees of supremacy as a king, called Bhaujya, Svārājya, etc.
Hence, the later kings of the respective regions also came to
be known by the respective terms like Bhaujya, Svārājya, etc.
By the plural number in the references to these practices (e.g.
te'bhisicyante) only the very many kings of the successive periods
or of the different kingdoms of the respective regions are referred
to. These terms do not seem to refer to anything of the sort of
a Gaṇarājya (q.v.) or Gana-republic,
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Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN