[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) › c14.35 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.35 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.35 - **Language:** English ### [c14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.35) ¹ So in the Brâhmaṇavagga of the Dhammapada (ed. Fausböll, p. 79): “Not the flowing pair, not the family, not the caste makes the Brâhmaṇa. He who possesses truth, virtue, is happy and is a Brâhmaṇa” Cf. further the Brâhmaṇadhammika Sutta in the Sutta Nipâta (ed. Fausböll, p. 51 sq.) and the answer which in the Vinaya Piṭaka Buddha gives to the high-minded Brâhmaṇa in answer to the question regarding the characteristics of a Brâhmaṇa (Mahavagga I. 2-3): “The Brâhmaṇa who has removed all sins from himself, who is free from haughtiness, free from impurity and full of self-control, who has mastered science fully, who has fulfilled the duties of a saint, such a Brâhmaṇa can truly be called a Brâhmaṇa, for whom there is no more any desire for anything in the world.” - [Previous: c14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.34) - [Next: c14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.36) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14) ## Linked texts (3) - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata) — Pāli - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) — Pāli - [Vinayapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c14.35) · Pramāṇa