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# Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.72

Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.72

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### [c40.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.72)

Amara and Kātya, lexicographers, in giving the meanings of Prakṛiti say that the term means amongst others, the Pauras, i. e., 'the Associations (Śreṇayaḥ) of the Pauras'.¹

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## Cites (2)

- [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit
- [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan

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