[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) › c13.6 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c13.6 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c13.6 - **Language:** English ### [c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.6) § 30. Pāṇini in V. 3. 114 to 117 gives \*taddhita\* rules with regard to the Saṃghas of the V ā h ī k a c o u n t r y. By those rules, the members of a particular S a m g h a, when mentioned, could be distinguished, whether they were Brahmins, Kshatriyas, or of castes other than those. For instance, take the well-known example of the M ā l a v a s, called Malloi by Alexander's historians.¹ A non-Brahmin and a non-Kshatriya of the M ā l a v a S a m g h a would be called M ā l a v y a ḥ; while a Kshatriya would be M ā l a v a ḥ, the plural in each case being M ā l a v ā ḥ.² This points to the stage of a developed, the familiar, Hindu society, as opposed to a tribal stage. - [Previous: c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.5) - [Next: c13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.7) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.3.114) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c13.6) · Pramāṇa