[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) › c15.16 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c15.16 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c15.16 - **Language:** English ### [c15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.16) ² The office of a seṭṭhi seems to be permanently occupied by a gahapati. Nowhere is it mentioned that a member of another caste or class, such as, a rich Brâhmaṇa has held this position. If not in the brief form seṭṭhi, of the seṭṭhi gahapati mention is made, in Vinaya Piṭaka, Mahavagga I. 7. 7; VIII. 1. 9, 13; Cullavagga VI. 4.1 sq. - [Previous: c15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.15) - [Next: c15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.17) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15) ## Linked texts (2) - [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga.6.4.1) — Pāli - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.1.7.7) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c15.16) · Pramāṇa