[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) › c9.24 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.24 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c9.24 - **Language:** English ### [c9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.24) Another index of the developed stage of the Samiti is that the Samiti, like the Sabhā (which we shall presently discuss) had its Pati or Īśāna, President. For instance, see the \*mantra\* cited in Pāraskara-Gṛihya-Sūtra, III. 13.⁴: 'the lord (Īśāna) of this assembly is a man insuperable in his power.'² - [Previous: c9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.23) - [Next: c9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.25) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.3.13.4) — Pāraskara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c9.24) · Pramāṇa