[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.s3.50 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.50 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.50 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.50) Evidently the passage in question in the Mahābhārata refers to the पञ्चसंस्था and the four upadhas. Parimēḷalagar mentions the same four Upadhas as find mention in the Arthaśāstra in commenting on the following of Tirukural. - [Previous: c8.s3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.49) - [Next: c8.s3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.51) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.50) · Pramāṇa