[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c13.60 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c13.60 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c13.60 - **Language:** English ### [c13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.60) ⁵ On the word वर्ग, see discussion below, under JANAPADA, § 258. It really means an assembly or council. Brihaspati (Vivāda-Ratnākara, p. 569) calls gaṇa, pūga (guild) and similar bodies '\*vargas\*.' Mitramiśra explains a \*vargia\* body as a gaṇa (Vīramitrodaya, p. 12); see also Nīlakaṇṭha, Mayūkha, L. on \*varga\* as a corporate body, and Pāṇini (V. 1. 60), in the sense of assembly whose members were counted. A Senate or Council (gaṇa) of Kshatriyas is called Rājanyaka, and a council of 'Kings,' Rājaka, by Amara (II 8.4 ), § 25 above. See also below on Arājaka, § 101. - [Previous: c13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.59) - [Next: c13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.61) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.1.60) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.60) · Pramāṇa