India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s5.15

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s5.15

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c12.s5.15

QUORUM—The idea of quorum was known. Pāṇini refers to *gaṇa-titha* as the person whose attendance completes the *Gaṇa* (*Gaṇasya pūraṇaḥ*, V.2.52; similarly *saṅghatithaḥ* and *pūgatithaḥ*). The rule of quorum was strictly observed. The *Mahāvagga* refers to a *gaṇa-pūraka* who acted as the 'whip' to secure a complete quorum (III.3.6).

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Mahāvagga — Pāli
Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit