Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Which is/are correct about the Aggañña Sutta?
- 1. It contains Buddhist thoughts on the origin of life, family, society and the state
- 2. It is the 27th of the 34 Suttas in the Digha Nikaya
- 3. It gives a social contract theory of the origin of the state
- 4. It also gives seven elements of the state similar to Kautilya's Saptanga theory
A1, 2 and 3
B1, 2, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
C1, 3 and 4
D1, 2 and 4
Correct answer: (B) 1, 2, 3 and 4 — All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★All four statements are correct, so the answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
★The Aggañña Sutta contains Buddhist thought on the origin of life, family, society and the state.
★It is the twenty-seventh of the thirty-four Suttas of the Digha Nikaya.
★It offers an early social contract account of how the state and kingship arose.
★People, facing disorder, chose a great elect one, the Mahasammata, to maintain order.
★It also describes elements of the state in a way that recalls Kautilya's Saptanga.
★So it is an important early source of Indian and Buddhist political thought.
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