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Political Concepts ingovernment worked Jayaswal cites the
instance of the primordial Kingless
condition of the society as described in
the Mahābhārata, quoted above. But this
assumption of Jayaswal is based on the
solitary evidence of the Ācārāṅgasūtra. But
it appears to us that after the institution
of the Kingship there should not have
been the occasion for the recurrence of
the primordial type of Ancientrājaka described
in the Mahābharāta, and there could have
been only casual conditions of anarchy
as described in the Rāmāyaṇa, and the
Kingdoms were very likely to face such
situations from time to time. India
 
government the
Jaina Ācārāṅgasūtra it appears to be most
likely to refer to only such a casual state
of anarchy as of the Kingdom of Ayodhyā
after the demise of Daśartha because of
being mentioned along worith other regular
types of government. Such a condition
could have been happening in a certain
state, while, others advised to be avoided,
suffering from bad type of government liked Jayaswal cites the
instance of the primordial Kingless
condition of the society as described in
the Mahābhārata, quoted above. But this
assumption of Jayaswal is based on the
solitary evidence of the Acarangasūtra. But
it appears to us that after the institution
of the Kingship there should not have
been the occasion for the recurrence of
the primordial type of Arājaka described
in the Mahabharata, and there could have
been only casual conditions of anarchy
as described in the Rāmāyaṇa, and the
Kingdoms were very likely to face such
situations from time to time. In the
Jaina Ācārāṁgasūtra it appears to be most
likely to refer to only such a casual state
of anarchy as of the Kingdom of Ayodhyā
after the demise of Dasartha because of
being mentioned along with other regular
types of government. Such a condition
could have been happening in a certain
state, while, others advised to be avoided,
suffering from bad type of government like

Dvairājya and Vairājya, etc. (qq. v.)
 

 
ARI-- (1) An enemy King.
 

(2) =Amitra.
 

(3) =S'atru.
 

(4) There are three broad varieties of enemy

Kings, viz., Prakṛtyamitra, (the immediate

neighbouring Kings in the rear and in the

front of the Vijiīgisu), Sahaja-s'atru (the
6. bhūmyanantarah prakrṛtyamitrah (AS. VI. 2).
 
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ahaja-s'atru (the