[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.s3.5 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.5 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.5 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.5) The Śreṇi—Kauṭalya uses this expression in more than one sense : a guild of merchants, of artisans, or of military clans. But the term has been used largely to any guild organization. It may be guilds of any people either of workmen, labourers, merchants, or artisans or - [Previous: c12.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.4) - [Next: c12.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.6) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.5) · Pramāṇa