[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) › c40.39 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.39 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.39 - **Language:** English ### [c40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.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.), - [Previous: c40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.38) - [Next: c40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.40) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.2.14.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.39) · Pramāṇa