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Glossary
GANA-RĀJYA-(1)
A republic; same as Gana,
where the political power is vested not in one
person, but in a gana or group of people.
(2) The term occurs in a celebrated passage of a
Jaina work, Acarangasūtra, as follows: One
"should avoid visiting such countries which have
no King, i.e. no head of the government, or are
governed by gana form of government, or have
a crown prince as the ruler, or have two kings,
or are governed by a foreign ruler, or are governed
by two contending Kings."¹
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(3) On the strength of terms like Ganatitha,
Ganapuraka, and Ganamukhya, it may be pre-
sumed that in Ganarajya, the political power is
vested in a parliament headed by an elected
president.
GAŅIKĀDHYAKSA-Superintendent of courte-
sans. He was responsible for controlling the
entire institution of prostitution in the state
(AŚ II. 27).
GĀŅANIKA—An account officer. cf. AS' II. 7.
GŪDHAJAPUTRA (1) A son born to a woman
by a man other than her actual husband through
a secret union. (Manu Sam, IX. 170).
(2) Kautilya suggests that the Gūḍhaja is born
in the residence of some relative of the wife clan-
destinely. (AS'. III. 7).
1. "… . . .arāyāṇi vā gaṇarāyāṇi vā juarāyāṇi vā dorajjāņi vā
verajjāņi vā viruddha-rajjāņi vā" where Pkt. ganarāyaṇi- Skt.
ganarājyāṇi (=gana-states) (Aväramgasuttam, ed. Jacobi, II.
3.1.10., quoted by Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 84).
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GANA-RĀJYA-(1)
A republic; same as Gana,
where the political power is vested not in one
person, but in a gana or group of people.
(2) The term occurs in a celebrated passage of a
Jaina work, Acarangasūtra, as follows: One
"should avoid visiting such countries which have
no King, i.e. no head of the government, or are
governed by gana form of government, or have
a crown prince as the ruler, or have two kings,
or are governed by a foreign ruler, or are governed
by two contending Kings."¹
75
(3) On the strength of terms like Ganatitha,
Ganapuraka, and Ganamukhya, it may be pre-
sumed that in Ganarajya, the political power is
vested in a parliament headed by an elected
president.
GAŅIKĀDHYAKSA-Superintendent of courte-
sans. He was responsible for controlling the
entire institution of prostitution in the state
(AŚ II. 27).
GĀŅANIKA—An account officer. cf. AS' II. 7.
GŪDHAJAPUTRA (1) A son born to a woman
by a man other than her actual husband through
a secret union. (Manu Sam, IX. 170).
(2) Kautilya suggests that the Gūḍhaja is born
in the residence of some relative of the wife clan-
destinely. (AS'. III. 7).
1. "… . . .arāyāṇi vā gaṇarāyāṇi vā juarāyāṇi vā dorajjāņi vā
verajjāņi vā viruddha-rajjāņi vā" where Pkt. ganarāyaṇi- Skt.
ganarājyāṇi (=gana-states) (Aväramgasuttam, ed. Jacobi, II.
3.1.10., quoted by Jayaswal, Hindu Polity, p. 84).
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN