[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) › c36.74 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.74 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c36.74 - **Language:** English ### [c36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.74) The author of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa points out that the announcements are symbolical^2: Agni symbolising the Brāhmaṇas; Indra, the nobility; Pūshan the world of cattle and so on. In any case, the king-elect is expressly and firstly announced to men, whatever be the real import of the other \*āvids\*. The āvids are made to obtain permission or approval for the consecration, says the Śatapatha 'तैरनुमतः सूयते,' 'and approved by them he is consecrated'.' - [Previous: c36.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.73) - [Next: c36.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.75) - [Up: c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c36.74) · Pramāṇa