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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.7

Nāradasmṛti m1.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.7)

kulāni śreṇayaś caiva gaṇāś cādhikṛto nṛpaḥ /  
pratiṣṭhā vyavahārāṇāṃ gurvebhyas tūttarottaram //

> Gatherings (kula), corporations (sreni), assemblies (gana), one appointed (by the king), and the king (himself), are invested with the power to decide lawsuits; and of these, each succeeding one is superior to the one preceding him in order.  
> — Julius Jolly 1889, The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati

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## Translations (1)

- [The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada~en-jolly.m1.7) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati.1.1.75) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
- [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana.82) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit
- [Bārhaspatyasaṃhitā (Aṅgiras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.barhaspatyasamhita.1.75) — Aṅgiras, Sanskrit

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