[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) › c43.112 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.112 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.112 - **Language:** English ### [c43.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.112) and the Śukranīti (II. 3.)¹ suggest that. The opinion which the king was bound to follow according to the Śukra-nīti (II. 3), was of (\*a\*) the Sabhya, (\*b\*) the Adhikārins, and (\*c\*) the Prakṛitis, as \*sabhāsads\* or members sitting in the Council. The \*Sabhya\* according to the authority quoted by Govindarāja (§ 309) was the President of the Council or the Mantra-Parishad of Kauṭilya. \*Adhikārins\* were the heads of Adhikaraṇas or Departments, \*i. e.\*, the Ministers. The remaining one \*Prakṛitis\* must necessarily signify the People or Subjects (p. 70), meaning thereby their representatives—the chiefs of the Paura and Jānapada (§ 265). In the Rāmāyaṇa \[A., chs. 81 (12), 82 (1, 4)\] the People's representatives and the Ministers meet and hold a \*Sabhā\* called the 'ruling (\*pragrahā\*) Sabhā' to consider an \*atyāyika\* ('extra-ordinary,' cf. AŚ., p. 29) business. - [Previous: c43.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.111) - [Next: c43.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.113) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) ## Cites (2) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.2.3) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.112) · Pramāṇa