Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.110

c12.s3.110

Besides the *pūga* and other organizations Pāṇini speaks of other corporate bodies which must have existed in his time. One such is *vrāta*.³ This is commented by the *kāśika* as the corporate association of different castes with no settled profession.¹ And this is corroborated by a passage of Kātyāyana.²