[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) › c14.7 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c14.7 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c14.7 - **Language:** English ### [c14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.7) (1) "So long, Ānanda, as the Vajjians hold \*full and frequent assemblies\* : (2) "So long as they \*meet together in concord and rise in concord and carry out Vajjian business in concord\* (Vajjī-karaṇīyāni—Vajjian acts of state) : (3) "So long as they \*enact nothing not already established, abrogate nothing that has been already enacted and act in accordance with the ancient institutions of the\* Vajjians, as established in former days : (4) "So long as they honour and esteem and revere and support the Vajjī-Elders, \*and hold it a point of duty to hearken to their words\* : (5) "So long as no women or girls belonging to them are detained among them by force or abduction : \[i.e., law and not force reigns\] : (6) "So long as they honour and esteem and revere and support the Vajjian Chaityas (sacred monuments) \[\*i.e.\*, \*follow the religion established\*\] : (7) "So long as the rightful protection, defence and support shall be fully provided for the Arhants amongst them \[\*i.e.\*, follow the established practice and keep out Brahminie religious systems\] : "\*So long may the Vajjians be expected not to decline but to prosper\*." - [Previous: c14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.6) - [Next: c14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.8) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c14.7) · Pramāṇa