[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940) › c19.861 # Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.861 Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.861 - **Language:** English ### [c19.861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.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. - [Previous: c19.860](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.860) - [Next: c19.862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.862) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.861) · Pramāṇa