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other words 27 chariots, 27 elephants, 81 horses,
and 135 footmen. P. C. Chakravarti AWAI. p. 83.
 
GANṆA TITHA--A member whose attendance com-
pleted the quorum in a Gaṇa or republican
assembly. (Vide Altekar, SGAI. p. 131).
 
GANṆA-PURAKA--(1) A 'whip' or an officer
whose duty was to see whether the lawful
quorum of a gaṇa assembly was formed before
it transacted official business. Altekar, SGAI, p. 131. Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 23.
 
GANṆA-PRADHANA--(1) The President of the Gov-
erning body of a Gaṇa republic. Vide Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 103. cf. Mahā-
bhārata, Śānti Parva, ch. 107. V. 24 and see
under Saṁgha-mukhya.
(2) Sri Krishna was such a President of the An-
dhaka-Vṛishni republic. The position and pri-
vileges of such a President may be presumed from
Sri Krishna's complaint to Nārada 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
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).
 
GANṆA MUKHYA--Same as Saṁgha mukhya (q.v.)