[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.s3.72 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.72 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.72 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.72) Let us now proceed to the examination of the position occupied by these councils in the epoch of the epics. We already noticed the principal eight councillors and the thirty-seven ministers who composed the pariṣad. These thirty-seven members are mentioned as follows: Four Brahmans who are well read in the Veda, large-hearted, ripe in scholarship and hence pure; eight Kṣatriyas who are warriors wearing arms; twenty-one Vaiśyas who are wealthy and resourceful; three Śūdras well-disciplined, honest, and tested beforehand; one Sūta possessing the following eight qualities: of fifty years of age, large-hearted, devoid of jealousy, versed in Smṛti and Śruti, disciplined, impartial, capable of discussing acts and deeds, not covetous, and devoid of the seven terrible corruptions of the mind (vyasanas).² - [Previous: c8.s3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.71) - [Next: c8.s3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.73) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.72) · Pramāṇa