[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923) › c7.55 # A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.55 A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c7.55 - **Language:** English ### [c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.55) ∗ Śat. Br. V. 4. 4. 7: "They (viz. the Adhvaryu and his assistants) then silently strike him with sticks on the back;—by beating him with sticks (daṇḍa) they guide him safely over judicial punishment (daṇḍabadha): whence the king is exempt from punishment (adaṇḍya), because they guide him safely over judicial punishment." S. B. E. Vol. XLI, p. 108. - [Previous: c7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.54) - [Next: c7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.56) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.4.4.7) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.55) · Pramāṇa