[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) › c7.s2.18 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.18 Hindu Administrative Institutions c7.s2.18 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.18) The account of the origin of the king in chapter (lviii) of the \*Śānti Parvan\* is in keeping with the Vedic tradition found in the \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*.³ In the latter the very Kṣatriya class (\*rājanya\*) is described as having a divine origin. The \*Bṛhaddharma Purāṇa\* mentions that the king assumes not the form of one deity, but the forms of five deities, and therefore, he must be above censure and reproach.⁴ But, according to the \*Mahābhārata\*, a king becomes a king only after the ceremony of consecration by the subjects.⁵ (The Hindu concep- - [Previous: c7.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.17) - [Next: c7.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.19) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2) ## Cites (4) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c7.s2.18) · Pramāṇa