Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.48

c36.48

§ 213. The offering to the 'jewel-holders' is explained by the set phrase in each case, '*for it is for him that he is thereby consecrated and him he makes his faithful follower.*' He treats with *Havi* the headman of the village corporation because 'he assuredly is one of his jewels and it is for him that he is thereby consecrated, etc.'¹