Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.49

c8.s3.49

पञ्चसंस्था: or the five institutes connected with the Intelligence Department. These are explained as the institute of fraudulent disciple (कापटिक:), of recluse (उदास्थित:), of a householder (गृहपतिक:), of a merchant (वैदेहक:), and of an ascetic (तापस:) Bk. i, Sec. 11.