[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) › c6.s2.11 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.11 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s2.11 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.11) This indicates the traditional feeling of \*mātsya nyāya\* and hence may be usefully adopted as the more correct view. It is interesting to recall here that the same line occurs in the \*Yuktikalpa-taru\*.³ There is also another reading of the line in the \*Śānti Parvan\* of the \*Mahābhārata\* with a slight difference.⁴ This idea again of smaller fish being devoured by the larger ones is also found mentioned in the legend of the fish narrated by Mārkaṇḍeya in the \*Vana Parvan\* of the \*Mahābhārata\*.⁵ - [Previous: c6.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.10) - [Next: c6.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.12) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.s2.11) · Pramāṇa