[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.s3.87 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.87 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.87 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.87) Here is shown that the local courts in order of succession or in the ascending scale were \*kula\*, \*śreṇi\*, and \*gaṇa\*. An appeal lay from the \*kula\* court to the \*śreṇi\* and from the \*śreṇi\* to the \*gaṇa\*. Above these was the king who ruled according to the laws of dharma. \*Samaya\* was the technical term applied to the decision or resolution of these local bodies. - [Previous: c12.s3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.86) - [Next: c12.s3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.88) - [Up: c12.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s3.87) · Pramāṇa