Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.23

c29.23

"The stages in this complicated procedure are eight in number, namely:— 1 Arrest and production of prisoner before the 'rulers;' 2 Enquiry by the *Winichchhiya mahāmattā*. 3 Do. do. *Wohārikā* 4 Do. do. *Suttadharā*; 5 Do. do. *Aṭṭhakulakā*; 6 Production before the *Senāpati*; 7 Do. do. *Uparājā*. 8 Final judgment by the *Rājā*, who is bound to follow fixed written rules in awarding the penalty.