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Political Concepts in Ancient India
 
(5) Medhatithi under ManuSamṁ, VIII. 149

explains AĀdhi as a 'bandhakadravya' and men-

tions go (cow), bhuū (land), hiranṇya (gold) as

examples.
 

 
ĀDHIPATYA--(1) A type of monarchy. The term

occurs in an oath of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa

(VIII. 15)
 

(2) Sāyana explains the term as 'lordship over

the other Kings of heaven' after retirement from
the earth.
 

the earth.
(3) A.B. Keith renders the term as 'overlord-

ship'.³
 
A Basu, IAB, pp. 87 f..
 
ĀBHYANTARA KOPA--Antagonism towards the

King on the part of any one of the Mantriī, the

Purohita, the Senaāpati and the Yuvarāja. (AS'

IX. 3).*
 
A mantripurohitasenā patiyuvarā jānāma nyatamakopo'bhyan-
tara kopah.
 
ĀYA--State Revenue or the income of the State.

(Yaājnñavalkya, I. 322, 326 etc. Manu Samṁ, VIII.

419).'
 
A What is received by the King in the countryside as re-
venue (Bhāga) is also called Āya. Cf. grāmeṣu svāmigrāhyo bhāga
āyaḥ (Siddhāntakaumudī, quoted by Apte, p. 84).
 
ĀYATIPRADARS'ANA--One of the five varieties

of Saāma (conciliation). It is based on a ref-

erence to the prospect of mutual benefit that
should result from the policy of friendship. cf.

should result from the policy of friendship. cf.
asminnevaṁ krṛta idamavāyorbhavatītyāśājananam
a
āyatipradaras'anam (AS' II. 10).
 
3. Basu, IAB, pp. 87 f..
 
4. mantripurohitasenā patiyuvarā jānāma nyatamakopo'bhyan-
tara kopah.
 
5. What is received by the King in the countryside as re-
venue (Bhāga) is also called Aya. Cf. grāmeṣu svāmigrāhyo bhāga
āyaḥ (Siddhāntakaumudi, quoted by Apte, p. 84).
 
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