[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) › c19.58 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.58 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c19.58 - **Language:** English ### [c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.58) "I enjoin upon you, Bhikkhus, three ways of taking votes, 'in order to appease such Bhikkhus—the secret 'method, \*Gūḷhakam\*, the whispering 'method, \*Sakaṇṇa-jappakam\*, and the open 'method, \*Vivaṭakam\*. And how, O Bhikkhus, is 'the secret method of taking votes? The Bhikkhu who 'is the teller of the votes is to make the voting-tickets of 'different colours, and as each Bhikkhu comes up to him he 'is to say to him thus: 'This is the ticket for 'the man of such an opinion, this the ticket 'for the man of such an opinion. Take whichever you like.' 'When he has chosen (he is to add), 'Do not show it 'to anybody.' "³ - [Previous: c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.57) - [Next: c19.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.59) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c19.58) · Pramāṇa