Political Concepts in Ancient India /65

Glossary
 
death of a King and his succession. Such
a situation arose immediately after the

a situation arose immediately after the
death of Dasśaratha. According to Rāmā-
yan
yaṇa also Maātsyanyāya (q.v.) comes into

existence in such a state.³
 
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Vide Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, ch. 67 (whole) and
Cf. nārājakāe janapade svakaṁ bhavati kasyacit
matsyā iva janā nityaṁ bhakṣayanti parasparaṁ (Ibid., Sl. 31).
(2) In Mahaābharata, this term is used to
ārata, this term is used to
describe the primordial condition of the

society, when there was no King at all.

In the initial stage, due to the absence

of a King there arose an extreme form of

lawlessness, technically called the Maātsya-
nya
nyāya. Then the people came into a mutual

agreement (samaya), and finally at the

instance of lord Brahmaā, they had Manu

as the first King.³
 
(3) In the Jaina Acarangasūtra it is advised
that one should not live in an Arājaka
state. (Skt. arājakāni=Pkt. arāyāni).
Jayaswal takes this term of the Jain
work to mean, 'an idealistic constitution'
providing an extreme form of democracy'
'tried more than once in this country'."
For explaining as to how this form of
 
2. Cf. Mahābhārata, SaŚānti Parva, Ch. 59. Ślokas 13-22 and

arājakāh prajāh sarvvī pūrvaṁ vineśuriti naḥ śrutam

parasparamṁ bhakṣayanto matsyā iva jale kṛśān

sametya tāstataś cakruh samayān iti naḥ śrutam

(Ibid., ch. 67, Slokas 17 ff.).
 

(3. Vide Rāmāya) In the Jaina Acārāṅgasūtra it is advised
that one should not live in an Arājaka
state. arāyāṇa, Ayodhya Kāi vā gaṇḍa, ch. 67 (whole) and
Cf. nārājakāe janapade svakam bhavati kasyacit
 
matsyā iva janā nityam bhakṣayanti parasparam (Ibid., Sl. 31).
4. arāyāṇi vā gaṇarāyāṇi vājubarāyāṇi vā dorajjāņṇi vā veraj-

jāņi vā viruddha rajjāņṇi vā, etc. (Ācārānṅgasūtra, II. 3. 1. 10).
5 (Skt. arājakāni=Pkt. arāyāni).
Jayaswal takes this term of the Jain
work to mean, 'an idealistic constitution'
providing an 'extreme form of democracy'
'tried more than once in this country'. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, pp. 82-84.
 
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