kṣatra
“royal sovereignty”
idea · 2 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
sovereign power · sovereignty · civil power · kingdom · kingship
spoken of as
1 expressionSovereign power“Kṣatra”2 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · The Rights of War and Peace (English)
May the supporting quarter uphold this sovereign power;
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The royal power and dominion sought, established, and protected through these consecration hymns.
O Mitra and Varuṇa, sing that which is auspicious to us.
may this [rite] be victorious through the oblation of Kaśyapa.
O Mitra and Varuṇa, may a cow that does not kick yield you a stream of ghee.
The Rights of War and Peace
The supreme, uncontrolled power of governing a state, analyzed at length as to its nature and location.
And in the exercise of all those rights sovereign power consists.
A true definition comprehends every possible branch of authority that can grow out of the possession and exercise of sovereign power.
Aristotle, in the fourth book of his Politics, comprises the sovereignty of a state in the exercise of the deliberative, executive, and judicial powers.