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(2) He is one of the eleven Ratnis, in the capacity
of the head of the Township or the village corpo-
ration, as mentioned in Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
and Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa. (Vide Jayaswal,
Hindu Polity, p. 195). In Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā
and Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa etc. i.e., the Maitrāyaṇi edn of the Yajur Veda. Cf. vāiśyo vai grmaṇiḥ. the Gramaṇī is mentioned to be of the Vaiśya caste.
(3) Altekar rightly observes that to be honoured
as one of the Ratnīs, the Grāmaṇī mentioned in
the list of Ratnīs (as given in the Śatapatha Brāh-
maṇa and other such sources) must have been
"the most prominent among the village headmen
of the kingdom, who might have been selected
to serve on the council of the ratnīs". Altekar, SGAI, p. 162.
(4) According to Basham, in the Ṛgvedic age
the Grāmaṇī was the chief of the sect, because
the term Grāma in the Ṛgveda usually refers
to a group of kinsfolk and only in the later litera-
ture it means a regular village or a regular settle-
ment. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 34 f.
GRĀMABHṚTAKA--(1) Probably the village
headman and same as Grāmabhartṛ or Grāma-
pati. P. V. Kane, History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol. III (Index). Yājnavalkya, II. 271.
(2) In AS'Ś III. 11 the witness given by a Grā-
mabhṛtaka is said to be invalid. Hence, it may
be presumed that the term more probably means
of the head of the Township or the village corpo-
ration, as mentioned in Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
and Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa. (Vide Jayaswal,
Hindu Polity, p. 195). In Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā
and Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa etc. i.e., the Maitrāyaṇi edn of the Yajur Veda. Cf. vāiśyo vai grmaṇiḥ. the Gramaṇī is mentioned to be of the Vaiśya caste.
(3) Altekar rightly observes that to be honoured
as one of the Ratnīs, the Grāmaṇī mentioned in
the list of Ratnīs (as given in the Śatapatha Brāh-
maṇa and other such sources) must have been
"the most prominent among the village headmen
of the kingdom, who might have been selected
to serve on the council of the ratnīs". Altekar, SGAI, p. 162.
(4) According to Basham, in the Ṛgvedic age
the Grāmaṇī was the chief of the sect, because
the term Grāma in the Ṛgveda usually refers
to a group of kinsfolk and only in the later litera-
ture it means a regular village or a regular settle-
ment. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p. 34 f.
GRĀMABHṚTAKA--(1) Probably the village
headman and same as Grāmabhartṛ or Grāma-
pati. P. V. Kane, History of Dharmaśāstra, Vol. III (Index). Yājnavalkya, II. 271.
(2) In A
mabhṛtaka is said to be invalid. Hence, it may
be presumed that the term more probably means