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other words 27 chariots, 27 elephants, 81 horses,

and 135 footmen."
 
P. C. Chakravarti AWAI. p. 83.
 
GANA TITHA--A member whose attendance com-

pleted the quorum in a Gana or republican
ṇa or republican
assembly. (Vide Altekar, SGAI. p. 131).

 
GANA-PURAKA--(1) A 'whip" or an officer
' or an officer
whose duty was to see whether the lawful

quorum of a ganṇa assembly was formed before
it transacted official business."
 

it transacted official business. Altekar, SGAI, p. 131. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 23.
 
GANA-PRADHANA--(1) The President of the Gov-

erning body of a Gana republicṇa republic. Vide Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 103. cf. Mahā-
bharata, Sa
bhārata, Śānti Parva, ch. 107. V. 24 and see

under Samṁgha-mukhya.
 

(2) Sri Krishna was such a President of the An-

dhaka-Vrṛishni republic. The position and pri-

vileges of such a President may be presumed from

Sri Krishna's complaint to Narada
Narada that
ārada that
"in the guise of a master he is the slave of the

relatives forming the political community. He

can have only a partial enjoyment of the plea-
sures of life and he has to listen patiently to

sures of life and he has to listen patiently to
all the bitter words of criticism of the members

of the general republican assembly".
 
Vide Altekar, SGAI, p. 127 and
Cf. dāśyam aiśvaryabhāvena jñātināṁ vai karomyaham ardha-
bhoktā smi bhogānāṁ vāgduruktāni ca Kṣame (Māhābhārata
Śāntiparva, ch. 81. 5).
 
GANA MUKHYA--Same as Samṁgha mukhya (q.v.)
 
5. P. C. Chakravarti AWAI. p. 83.
 
6. Altekar, SGAI, p. 131.
 
7. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 23.
 
8. Vide Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 103.
 
9. Vide Altekar, SGAI, p. 127 and
 
Cf. dasyam aikvaryabhāvena jñātināṁ vai karomyaham ardha-
bhoktā smi bhogānāṁ vāgduruktani ca Kşame (Māhābhārata
Santiparva, ch. 81. 5).
 
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