[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) › c43.5 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.5 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c43.5 - **Language:** English ### [c43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.5) § 293. The Council of Ministers is called the \*\*Parishad\*\*, in the Artha-Śāstra³ and \*\*Parisā\*\* in the Jātakas,⁴ the Mahāvastu¹ and Aśoka's inscriptions.² It does not interchange (until late) with other words of similar meaning. Now the \*Parishad\* was another name for the National Assembly of the Vedic Hindus. In the Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad as already pointed out, the \*Samiti\* is called \*Parishad\*.³ The Council of Ministers, thus differentiated from the Samiti-Parishad, inherited the same name like the Parishad of Law. With that name they likewise inherited and retained the popular tradition and sense of responsibility. - [Previous: c43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.4) - [Next: c43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.6) - [Up: c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43) ## Cites (4) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.buddhacarita-works.mahavastu) — Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c43.5) · Pramāṇa