Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.861

c19.861

Sabhā, (mahā sabhā) village assembly, 208; origin of, 206, 208-12; different from ūr, 207; control of, 214; continuity of the, in the Vijayanagar days, 207; corporate character of the, 208; strength of the, 207-08; collected state revenues, 81-82, 212-13; control of the, over temples, 214-15; guardians of public endowments, 215; judicial powers of, 214; Professional Associations and Guilds, and, 220-24; right of the, for conferring honours, 215, for selling and acquiring property on behalf of the village, 208; vitality of, 206; working of the, during the period of the Cōḷas, 207; decay of, and the collection of the taxes, 87 and fn., 216-17.