State and Government in Ancient India c14.13

c14.13

The view of Hillebrandt that *sabhā* did not denote a different body, but only the place of meeting of the *samiti* is also unacceptable ; a passage in the *Artharvaveda* (VII. 12. 1), already quoted, clearly states that the *sabhā* and the *samiti* were two different bodies and compares them to two daughters of the Creator. Another passage states how *vrātya* was followed by the members of the *sabhā*, *samiti* and the army.²