[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) › c35.10 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.10 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c35.10 - **Language:** English ### [c35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.10) ¹ The word पञ्च may mean either "wide" or "five". Here the former meaning is more appropriate because the people assembled could be only confined to the four quarters and not the sky. Quarter comes in Election Hymns as a figurative use for the people assembled. - [Previous: c35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.9) - [Next: c35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.11) - [Up: c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c35.10) · Pramāṇa