Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c10.7

c10.7

The court shall sit in an edifice situated in the middle of the fortress (*durga*) of the king; the court hall shall be situated in the east and should be decorated with statues, pictures, idols, jewels, garlands and furnished with a throne (Bṛh. 1, 19). The forenoon is considered to be the proper time for holding the court, more accurately the time from the second to the fourth eighths of the day (Kāty. 1, 19²). In passing judgments the king shall follow the Dharmaśāstra and the opinion of his chief judge (Nār. 1, 1;35).