[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) › c19.48 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.48 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.48 - **Language:** English ### [c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.48) § 109. If the Saṁgha adopted a resolution unanimously, the question of voting did not arise; but if a matter entailed a division in the opinion of the members, speeches were made and the Procedure-of-Majority was observed. The opinion of the greater number (\*bahutara\*) decided the matter. The procedure is called \*Ye-bhuyyasikaṁ\* in Pali. The Sanskrit restoration would be Ye-bhūyasiyakam, 'Those(who-were)most-Procedure.' The voting was carried on with the help of voting-tickets which were coloured. The tickets were called Śalākās or pins² and the voting was called the pin-taking (śalākā-grahaṇa). There was a Teller, Śalākā-grāhaka—'taker-of-the-pins,' appointed by the whole Saṁgha who explained the significance of the colours and took the vote either secretly or openly. - [Previous: c19.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.47) - [Next: c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.49) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.48) · Pramāṇa