Essay name: Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study)
Author:
Artatrana Sarangi
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This is a study in English of the Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (written by Lolla Lakshmidhara) representing an encyclopedic manual for emperors. The Samrajyalaksmipithika encompasses about 3870 verses in addressing topics such as public festivals, governance, warfare (military strategy), and rituals associated with the Tantric worship for the deity Samrajya-Lakshmi.
Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika
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prowess etc. He destroyed the cities of demons and still
now enjoys the heaven with his consort faci, shorn of all
blasphemy of killing the monster Vrtra. Other kings like
trodden
the same path and had
Yayati and Nahusa also had toeated
achieved great prosperity, it is learnt (27-31).
Observation :
We gather from the above account that our author
was quite a believer in the ancient tradition of coronation,
performance of vedic sacrifices like Asvamedha etc. which
are portrayed to have resulted in unhooked prosperity and
highest beatitude for the kings who performed those, in the
mythical-historical period. Though from such frequent
mention and lofty extolling of such tradition by SLP it
cannot be said to follow that such practices were still
current, but it also can not be denied that coronation
(abhiseka) in the life of a king had come to be a totally
in significant sacrament. Asvamedha etc. might have
been things of past by now, but these had not completely
lost their flavour to the collective mind, it appears.
In this way can be vindicated the special gusto of our
author to such an ancient tradition.
Secondly, while depicting the state of highest
beatitude enjoyed by those righteous kings hereafter, our
