[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) › c14.45 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c14.45 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c14.45 - **Language:** English ### [c14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.45) ³ Ambaṭṭha Suttanta, translated in "Dialogues of the Buddha," I. 113. \[I may quote the passage—"Once, Gotama, I had to go to Kapilavatthu on some business or other of Pokkharasādi's, and went into the Sākyas's Congress Hall. Now at that time there were a number of Sākyas, old and young, seated in the hall on grand seats." The \*Lalita-vistara\*, mentioning similar sessions of the Sākyas, 'has the Sākya-gaņa in session' :—सर्व्वे शाक्यगणे सन्निपतौय भीमांमंते राजा शुद्धोदन......शाक्यगणेन सार्ध संथागारे निषण्णोऽभूत् (XII. p. 115 Bib. Ind. ed.) The \*S'ākya-gaņa\* probably had 500 members (XII). The significance of "Old and Young" members probably is that the Elders and ordinary members were both present.\] - [Previous: c14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.44) - [Next: c14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.46) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14) ## Cites (2) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli - [Lalitavistarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.3.lalitavistara) — Haribhadra Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.45) · Pramāṇa