[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.s3.7 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.7 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s3.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.7) ¹ नरात्रौ मन्त्रयेद्विद्वान् च कैश्चिदुपासितः । प्रासादाग्रे शिलाग्रे वा बिशाले विजनेपि वा । समन्तात्तत्र पश्यद्भिः सहातैरेव मन्त्रयेत् । नैव संवेशयेत्तत्र मन्त्रवेश्मनि शारिकाम् । शुकान्वा शारिका वापि बालमूर्खजडानपि । प्रविष्टानपि निर्वास्य मन्त्रयेद्धार्मिकैर्द्विजैः । \*Mahābhārata\*, \*Ādi Parvan\*, cliii. 87-89; cf. \*Śānti Parvan\*, lxxxiii. 56-57; \*Āśrama\*, vi. 22; \*Śukra\* i. 11. 484-99; \*Manu\*, vii. 147-9; \*Yāj\*., i. 342. - [Previous: c8.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.6) - [Next: c8.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.8) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.342) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.15.6.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s3.7) · Pramāṇa