[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c12.s3.3 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.3 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.3) It has been generally admitted by all law-givers that every kula group in its political sense had a separate organization and separate regulations. Perhaps the kulikas or the elders of the kulas,³ formed the judicial court to decide disputes arising among the constituents of a kula. Originally a kula seems to have meant a family meeting.⁴ Then it became expanded gradually and in the time of the Mitākṣara it meant ‘a meeting of cognates, relatives and kinsmen.’ The Kauṭalīya however mentions it as a council of regency or of oligarchy.⁵ - [Previous: c12.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.2) - [Next: c12.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.4) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.3) · Pramāṇa