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Glossary
GA
GANA (1) A republican government. Same as
Gana-rajya, denoting a government by an assem-
bly or parliament.¹
(2) A form of government, where the power was
vested not in one person, but in a gana or group
of people. Samgha was another term used
precisely in the same sense."
(3) A tribal republic.³
(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 Avadana-Sataka, the meaning whereof is the
"Your Majesty, some countries are under ganas
and some are under Kings."
(5) A unit of army comprising 3 Gulmas or in
73
1. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 21 ff. cf. Mahābhārata, Šānti-
Parva. ch. 107, verses 6-32, gaṇānām vṛttimicchāmi śrotuṁ mati-
matāṁ vara, etc.
2. Altekar, SGAI, p. 109 ff.
3. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 41.
Digitized by
4. "..deva keciddeśā gaṇādhinah kecid rajadhina iti (Avadāna
Sataka, 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 Vṛṣhnis, which used to issue coins
not in the name of any single monarch but in the name of the
whole gana (tribe). Cf. the celebrated coin-legend, vrsni-rajan-
ya-gaṇasya-trātasya (Jayaswal, Ibid., p. 151).
In the Mahabharata, Santi Parva (81.29) also Andhaka-
Vrsnis are mentioned along with Yādavas, Kukuras, and Bhojas.
Narada says that all of these republics are attached to Krshna,
presumably implying that all these republics formed a sort of
federation for some time.
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GA
GANA (1) A republican government. Same as
Gana-rajya, denoting a government by an assem-
bly or parliament.¹
(2) A form of government, where the power was
vested not in one person, but in a gana or group
of people. Samgha was another term used
precisely in the same sense."
(3) A tribal republic.³
(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 Avadana-Sataka, the meaning whereof is the
"Your Majesty, some countries are under ganas
and some are under Kings."
(5) A unit of army comprising 3 Gulmas or in
73
1. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 21 ff. cf. Mahābhārata, Šānti-
Parva. ch. 107, verses 6-32, gaṇānām vṛttimicchāmi śrotuṁ mati-
matāṁ vara, etc.
2. Altekar, SGAI, p. 109 ff.
3. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 41.
Digitized by
4. "..deva keciddeśā gaṇādhinah kecid rajadhina iti (Avadāna
Sataka, 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 Vṛṣhnis, which used to issue coins
not in the name of any single monarch but in the name of the
whole gana (tribe). Cf. the celebrated coin-legend, vrsni-rajan-
ya-gaṇasya-trātasya (Jayaswal, Ibid., p. 151).
In the Mahabharata, Santi Parva (81.29) also Andhaka-
Vrsnis are mentioned along with Yādavas, Kukuras, and Bhojas.
Narada says that all of these republics are attached to Krshna,
presumably implying that all these republics formed a sort of
federation for some time.
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN