[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) › c13.12 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.12 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c13.12 - **Language:** English ### [c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.12) ¹ That in this passage the Vedas are necessarily to be understood by mante, I won't maintain; magical incantations may also be meant here, a knowledge of which the king, as appears from other passages, had at heart. Of such magical incantations learnt by a Khattiya, there are mentioned in the Jātakas: the magical incantations with the help of which one conquers the earth (\*pathavījayamanta\*, II. 243), the magic by which one can understand all tongues, even the tongues of animals (\*sabbarâvajânanamanta\*, III. 145), the magical incantation which helps to bring into view concealed treasures (\*niddhiuddharaṇamanta\*, III. 116). - [Previous: c13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.11) - [Next: c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.13) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.241) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c13.12) · Pramāṇa