Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.39

c40.39

³ *Śreṇī* literally means 'rows'. Evidently the members sat in rows, and this feature gave the name to the corporate body. Probably S'reṇī originally was a general term to signify all those bodies which transacted their business 'in their session' or by assembly system. The Mahā-Bhārata in older passages gives Śreṇībaddhāḥ rājānaḥ or 'rulers organised in rows', e.g., Sabhā-Parvan XIV. 4. (Kumbakonam Ed.),