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 5 - Forts, Castrametation and the Royal Army
54 (of 135)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
Download the PDF file of the original publication
(II) - The Royal Army 549 Introduction :
The importance of a standing army is found to be
appreciated from quite early times.
seven
Kautilya
and consists of
records
it as Danda and it unmistakably forms a part of the
components of the state (AS. 6.1.1). Normally
it is described to be four-fold (caturanga) the horses,
elephants, chariots and the foot-soldiers, (Manasa.
2.6.678-684) though six-fold (Sadvidham balam including
camels and bulls or mules, see Raghu. 4.26) and eight-
fold (including vi峁i, servants, spies and
the original four, see Mbh. 12.59.41) are not wanting.
counsellers to
Whatever, might be the constituents of an army the
vital role it plays in the life of a king can never be
minimised. Its role in war, in fighting battles,
snatching victory for the master and in
peace, in
participating in games like haunting and in salvaging
man and material during natural calamities - all this has
made it the prized possession of all the rulers down the
ages.
Army appears to be the nucleus in every age around
which civilisations are built up and destroyed. Rulers
