Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.120

c40.120

² नैगमाः पौरवणिकः, Mitra Miśra, Vīramitrodaya, p. 120 ; also नगराणि कत्वर्जितानि निगमवणिजां स्थानानि *Prauḍha-Vyākaraṇa-Sūtra-Vyākhyāna* quoted by Shama Sastry, Artha Sāstra p. 46 f. n. The lawgivers put *naigama* in the list of corporate bodies, e. g., पाषण्ड-नैगम-श्रे णि-पूग-वात गणादिषु Nārada quoted in VR., p. 180 ; श्रेणि नैगम पाषण्ड गणानामप्ययं विधिः Yājñavalkya (Ibid.,) p. 179. *Pāshaṇḍa* here means the Buddhist and Jaina religious associations, their *gaṇas* and *saṅghas*.