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GANṆA--(1) A republican government. Same as
Gaṇa-rājya, denoting a government by an assem-
bly or parliament. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 21 ff. cf. Mahābhārata, Śānti-
Parva. ch. 107, verses 6-32, gaṇānām vṛttimicchāmi śrotuṁ mati-
matāṁ vara, etc.
(2) A form of government, where the power was
vested not in one person, but in a gaṇa or group
of people. Saṁgha was another term used
precisely in the same sense. Altekar, SGAI, p. 109 ff.
(3) A tribal republic. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 41.
(4) That the term implies a republican type of
government, sharply different from the monarch-
ical type is clear from an oft quoted passage of
the Avadāna-Śataka, the meaning whereof is the
"Your Majesty, some countries are under gaṇas
and some are under Kings.'' "..deva keciddeśā gaṇādhīnāh kecid rājādhīnā iti (Avadāna
Śataka, ed. Speyer, Petrograd, 1902, II. P. 103, quoted by
Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 26). An example of the ancient
republican states is that of the Vṛṣhṇis, which used to issue coins
not in the name of any single monarch but in the name of the
whole gaṇa (tribe). Cf. the celebrated coin-legend, vṛṣṇi-rājan-
ya-gaṇasya-trātasya (Jayaswal, Ibid., p. 151).
In the Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva (81.29) also Andhaka-
Vṛṣṇis are mentioned along with Yādavas, Kukuras, and Bhojas.
Nārada says that all of these republics are attached to Kṛṣhṇa,
presumably implying that all these republics formed a sort of
federation for some time.
(5) A unit of army comprising 3 Gulmas or in
Gaṇa-rājya, denoting a government by an assem-
bly or parliament. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 21 ff. cf. Mahābhārata, Śānti-
Parva. ch. 107, verses 6-32, gaṇānām vṛttimicchāmi śrotuṁ mati-
matāṁ vara, etc.
(2) A form of government, where the power was
vested not in one person, but in a gaṇa or group
of people. Saṁgha was another term used
precisely in the same sense. Altekar, SGAI, p. 109 ff.
(3) A tribal republic. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 41.
(4) That the term implies a republican type of
government, sharply different from the monarch-
ical type is clear from an oft quoted passage of
the Avadāna-Śataka, the meaning whereof is the
"Your Majesty, some countries are under gaṇas
and some are under Kings.'' "..deva keciddeśā gaṇādhīnāh kecid rājādhīnā iti (Avadāna
Śataka, ed. Speyer, Petrograd, 1902, II. P. 103, quoted by
Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 26). An example of the ancient
republican states is that of the Vṛṣhṇis, which used to issue coins
not in the name of any single monarch but in the name of the
whole gaṇa (tribe). Cf. the celebrated coin-legend, vṛṣṇi-rājan-
ya-gaṇasya-trātasya (Jayaswal, Ibid., p. 151).
In the Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva (81.29) also Andhaka-
Vṛṣṇis are mentioned along with Yādavas, Kukuras, and Bhojas.
Nārada says that all of these republics are attached to Kṛṣhṇa,
presumably implying that all these republics formed a sort of
federation for some time.
(5) A unit of army comprising 3 Gulmas or in