Political Concepts in Ancient India /92

KRĪTA-PUTRA-- (1) One who is purchased from
one's real parents to be treated as a son by the
purchaser. Cf. pari-kritaḥ krīta iti (ASŚ III. 7).
(2) Also called Kritaka as in Manu Saṁ. IX. 174.
 
KRODHAJA VYASANA(S)—Vices arising out of
anger. See Vyasana.
 
KṢATTĀ-- (1) Nom. singular form of the word
Kṣattṛ.
(2) The Chamberlain. As such he is one of the
eleven Ratnins (q.v.) deserving special honour
from the King-elect in time of his consecra-
tion.
 
KṢETRAJAPUTRA—(1) The offspring of the wife
by a kinsman duly appointed to raise up the
issue on behalf of the actual husband, who is
physically incapable of begetting the child him-
self. (Manu Saṁ. IX. 167) cf. also Yājñavalkya
I, 68-69 etc.
(2) Kauṭilya suggests that the kinsmen appointed
may belong to the same gotra as of the actual
husband or to another gotra (AS'Ś III. 7).
 
KHANAKA-YODHĪ--A soldier who fights from a
pit. Cf. khanakā hi khātena śastreṇa cobhayathā
yudhyante (AS'Ś VII. 10).
 
KHĀRVAṬIKA-KĀRVAṬIKA--A small town be-
longing to a block of two hundred villages
(AS'Ś II. 1). dviś atagrāmyā khāṛvaṭikam (AS'Ś II. 1).