[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.s3.82 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.82 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.82 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.82) Thus the king had the right of control and supervision. If these institutions broke away from the recognized path of \*dharma\* the king could punish and bring them back into order. Again Manu³ ordains that a king should act in such a way as not to prejudice the laws of self-governing corporations which were carrying on work by a process of devolution in their relation with the central state. This subordinate position to the ruling chief held by these institutions is again manifest in \*Bṛhaspati\*.⁴ - [Previous: c12.s3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.81) - [Next: c12.s3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.83) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.82) · Pramāṇa