Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.113
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.113
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§ 258. Grāma or Township is called a *vargin* as seen above. Varga means an assembly or quorum. In that sense Pāṇini also uses it (V. 1. 60., [See Kāśikā on it: पञ्चको वर्गः दशको वर्गः]. Other corporate associations are called *Vargins* (those who worked by the *Varga* or assembly system). In a law text (Bhṛigu) quoted by Mitra Miśra (*Viramitrodaya* p. 11) *Paura* and *grāma* as well as *gaṇa* are called *vargins* [Cf. Kātyāyana quoted by Nīlakaṇṭha:
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Bṛhaspatismṛti — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
- Kātyāyanasmṛti — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit
- Vīramitrodaya — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit