[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) › c12.19 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c12.19 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c12.19 - **Language:** English ### [c12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.19) ¹ The existence of these vohārikas = Sk. vyavahārikas, I have not found in the Jātakas; we meet them, however, in the Vinaya Piṭaka. In Mahāvagga, I. 40.3, the King Bimbisāra asks the vohārika mahāmatta what punishment he deserves who initiates a hired soldier into the religious order; in Cullavagga, VI. 4.9, they become the subject of a discussion between Anathapiṇḍika and the prince Jeta. Manifestly, we are to understand by the voharika mahāmattas “judicial officers.” - [Previous: c12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.18) - [Next: c12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.20) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12) ## Linked texts (2) - [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga.6.4.9) — Pāli - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.1.40.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c12.19) · Pramāṇa