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(3) The Amātyas as well as the Mantrīs, and
Sacivas of later times, were anticipated by
the Ratnins of the Vedic period. A. S. Altekar, SGAI, p. 163.
(4) Mahābhārata (XII. 85. 7-8) refers to a
council of 36 Amātyas. This council of
Amātya may be conjectured to have been
a body of advisers, larger than the council
of ministers (Mantripariṣad).
(5) According to Amarakosa, an Amātya, when
he is a Dhīsaciva, is called a Mantrī; others
are mere Karmasacivas. mantrī dhīsacivo'mātyo'nye karmasacivā statah. (Amarakosa,
Ksatriyavarga).
(6) Kauṭilya distinguished between a Mantrī
and an Amātya by pointing out that the
salary of the former was 48000 while that
of the latter was 12000. A person who was
otherwise qualified to be an Amātya was
not regarded as necessarily fit to become a
Mantrī. The Mantrī must have been an
Amātya, tested by all the 4 upadhās.
(7) Kauṭilya in AS'Ś, I. 9 enumerates a number
of qualities of an Amātya called Amātyasam-
pat. Many other types of officials were
required to share these qualities in common
with the Amātyas. Hence, the higher
officials like the Lekhaka, Vyavahārika,
etc., are taken to have been recruited from
the Amātya class.
(8) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradāman
I (C. 150 A.D.) mentions one Suviśākha as
Sacivas of later times, were anticipated by
the Ratnins of the Vedic period. A. S. Altekar, SGAI, p. 163.
(4) Mahābhārata (XII. 85. 7-8) refers to a
council of 36 Amātyas. This council of
Amātya may be conjectured to have been
a body of advisers, larger than the council
of ministers (Mantripariṣad).
(5) According to Amarakosa, an Amātya, when
he is a Dhīsaciva, is called a Mantrī; others
are mere Karmasacivas. mantrī dhīsacivo'mātyo'nye karmasacivā statah. (Amarakosa,
Ksatriyavarga).
(6) Kauṭilya distinguished between a Mantrī
and an Amātya by pointing out that the
salary of the former was 48000 while that
of the latter was 12000. A person who was
otherwise qualified to be an Amātya was
not regarded as necessarily fit to become a
Mantrī. The Mantrī must have been an
Amātya, tested by all the 4 upadhās.
(7) Kauṭilya in A
of qualities of an Amātya called Amātyasam-
pat. Many other types of officials were
required to share these qualities in common
with the Amātyas. Hence, the higher
officials like the Lekhaka, Vyavahārika,
etc., are taken to have been recruited from
the Amātya class.
(8) Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradāman
I (C. 150 A.D.) mentions one Suviśākha as