[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) › c8.13 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.13 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.13) ¹ vaggulivatam carantu. What is to be understood by this expression, I cannot state exactly; it seems to indicate a special kind of posture, by which the holy man in question performs a vow, just as is the case with the 'cock-holies' mentioned by Oldenberg (Buddha p. 69) who pick out their food like cocks and behave always like cocks. - [Previous: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.12) - [Next: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.14) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.13) · Pramāṇa