Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.46

c45.46

'The *Prāḍvivāka* along with the members of the jury sitting 'in a meeting may ascertain by majority of opinion the proce-'dure laws, instituted by himself and those come down: where 'human proof—by witnesses, documents, past and adverse 'enjoyment—was to be employed, and in which cases divine proof '(oaths, ordeals) was to prevail, where interpretation was to 'be allowed, where a matter was to be proved by direct 'evidence (प्रत्यक्ष), where inference (अनुमान) and analogy '(उपमान) were to be resorted to, where opinion of the