[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) › c40.113 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.113 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.113 - **Language:** English ### [c40.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.113) § 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: - [Previous: c40.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.112) - [Next: c40.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.114) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (4) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.1.60) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.nibandha.other.viramitrodaya) — Rāmamiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.113) · Pramāṇa