[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) › c14.138 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.138 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.138 - **Language:** English ### [c14.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.138) On the birth of a king’s child, it seems to have been a standing custom to have the future of the child predicted by Brâhmaṇas. Signs (lakshaṇa) in the body of the newly-born served to the Brâhmaṇas versed in reading signs (Lakshaṇa-kusalâ Brâhmaṇâ, I. 272; aṅgavijjapâṭhakâ, II. 21; lakshaṇapâṭhakâ, II. 194; nemittika-brâhmaṇa, IV. 79; nemittâ, IV. 230) for the deciphering of the future. - [Previous: c14.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.137) - [Next: c14.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.139) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) ## Cites (1) - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.1.6.4.54) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.138) · Pramāṇa