[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.s3.58 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.58 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.58 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.58) Mention is made in the \*Mānava Dharma Śāstra\* of the corporate bodies of \*jāti\* (castes), country (\*janapada\*), of merchant guilds (\*śreṇi\*), of family (\*kula\*), village (\*grāma\*) or township. There is further mention of the \*deśa\* \*saṃgha\* equivalent to \*jānapada saṃgha\*. The commentator Kullūkabhaṭṭa takes the word \*saṃgha\* to mean \*samūha\* or an association of merchants and others (बणिगादिसमूहः). More or less the same institutions are mentioned in the \*Yājñavalkya Smṛti\*.¹ In his commentary Vijñāneśvara explains \*gaṇa\* as the assembly of village people (ग्रामादिजनसमूहः)² and in the second as the body of men pursuing one and the same profession like that of soldiers (गणो व्रातः आयुधोयादीनां एककर्मोपजीविनोः). - [Previous: c12.s3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.57) - [Next: c12.s3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.59) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.58) · Pramāṇa