[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) › c8.s3.49 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.49 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.49 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.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. - [Previous: c8.s3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.48) - [Next: c8.s3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.50) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.11) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.49) · Pramāṇa