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AKṚTA--(KṢETRA) A piece of waste or unculti-
vated land (AŚ. II.1). Kautilya suggests that
anybody who would bring such a land under
cultivation would not have to lose its ownership.
cf; akṛtāni kartṛbhyo nādeyāt (AŚ. II.1).
AKṚTYA--Contented subjects who are not liable
to be won over by the enemy with any propa-
ganda (AŚ. I.13, I.14).
AKṢAPAṬALA--A depository of royal documents
and account books. (vide AŚ. II.7).
AKṢAPAṬTALĀDHYAKṢA—(1) The officer in
charge of the depository of the royal docu-
ments and the account books. The duties
and responsibilities of this executive officer
are described by Kauṭilya in AŚ. II.7. The
officer is, however, referred to as Adhyakṣa,
but the references being in the context of
the Akṣapaṭala (q.v.), we take the term
Adhyakṣa to be an abbreviation of the
more relevant term Akṣapaṭalādhyakṣa. See, Sircar, Glossary, p. 14 and Kane, HD. III. p. 143.
(2) Same as Mahākṣapaṭalika (Superintendent
of records and accounts), often given in
the inscriptional records. See, Altekar, SGAI, p. 199, Sircar, Ibid., p. 178.
AKṢAVĀPA--(1) One of the eleven Ratnins (q.v.).
(2) From akṣa (meaning dice) the present term
vated land (AŚ. II.1). Kautilya suggests that
anybody who would bring such a land under
cultivation would not have to lose its ownership.
cf; akṛtāni kartṛbhyo nādeyāt (AŚ. II.1).
AKṚTYA--Contented subjects who are not liable
to be won over by the enemy with any propa-
ganda (AŚ. I.13, I.14).
AKṢAPAṬALA--A depository of royal documents
and account books. (vide AŚ. II.7).
AKṢAPA
charge of the depository of the royal docu-
ments and the account books. The duties
and responsibilities of this executive officer
are described by Kauṭilya in AŚ. II.7. The
officer is, however, referred to as Adhyakṣa,
but the references being in the context of
the Akṣapaṭala (q.v.), we take the term
Adhyakṣa to be an abbreviation of the
more relevant term Akṣapaṭalādhyakṣa. See, Sircar, Glossary, p. 14 and Kane, HD. III. p. 143.
(2) Same as Mahākṣapaṭalika (Superintendent
of records and accounts), often given in
the inscriptional records. See, Altekar, SGAI, p. 199, Sircar, Ibid., p. 178.
AKṢAVĀPA--(1) One of the eleven Ratnins (q.v.).
(2) From akṣa (meaning dice) the present term