Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c10.21

c10.21

∗ Jātaka, v. 509. The first half of the verse is given by Vyāsa in his lawbook in the description of the legal *Sabhā* (Aparārka, Y., II. 4). Instead of *santo* ('the good') Vyāsa has *vṛiddhāḥ* or Elders, which shows that probably the *sabhā* was originally composed of Elders.