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first wife by her husband on his marrying another
woman. (AS' III. 2, Yājñavalkya II.143, 148).
ĀJĪVA--A profession or source of income. (AS' III.
12).
ĀBHIGĀMIKA—(GUṆAS)—(1) Certain attractive
qualities which make the King dear to his
subjects. These qualities are enumerated by
Kauṭilya in AS' VI.1, and they are as follows:
The King should be Mahākulīna (of high birth),
Daivasampanna (endowed with the merits of
the previous birth), Buddhisampanna (endowed
with intelligence), Sattvasampanna (endowed
with steadiness), Bṛddhadarśī, (prepared
to listen to the old men), Dhārmika (pious),
Satyavāk (truthful), Avisaṁyādaka (keeping
conformity of deeds with words), Kṛtajña
(grateful for good done by others), Sthūlalakṣā
(highly generous), Mahotsāha (highly enthu-
siastic), Adīrghasūtra (prompt in action), Śakya-
sāmanta (capable of keeping vessels in control),
Dṛḍhabuddhi There is an alternative reading Dṛḍhabhakti (firmly de-
voted) supported also by the list given by Kāmandaka.
(firm in determination), Akṣudra-
pariṣatka (having a sufficiently large council
of ministers) and Vinayakāma (a lover of
politeness).
(2) Kāmandaka gives these qualities in verse
form as follows:-
kulaṁ sattvaṁ vayaḥ śīlaṁ dākṣiṇyaṁ
kṣiprakāritā
avisaṁvāditā satyaṁ vṛddhasevā kṛtajñatā
daivasampannatā buddhirakṣudraparivāratā