[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c10.8 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.8 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.8 - **Language:** English ### [c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.8) ¹ Even in the epics the rule holds that younger persons or persons of the same age can be addressed "thou," but that a man must address his superior (older) neither by 'thou' nor by his real name. Mhbh, XII 193·25, twaṃkāraṃ nāmadheyaṃ ca jyeṣṭhānāṃ parivarjayet. Cf. Hopkins l.c.p. 25 note. - [Previous: c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.7) - [Next: c10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.9) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.193.25) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c10.8) · Pramāṇa