[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) › c9.14 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.14 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.14 - **Language:** English ### [c9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.14) In deliberations, speakers were anxious to make speeches agreeable to the assembled Samiti (ये सं॒ग्रामाः॒ समि॑तय॒स्तेषु॒ चारु॑ वदेम ते).⁴ The speaker wanted to prove himself ‘brilliant, not to be contradicted,’ in the Samiti ⁵ To these deliberations would also refer the prayer in the Atharva-Veda, II, 27 : - [Previous: c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.13) - [Next: c9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.15) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.7.12.1) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.14) · Pramāṇa