Local Government in Ancient India c10.19

c10.19

The *Vyavahāramayukha* gives the following explanation of these terms; '*pāṣaṇḍins*, persons pursuing commerce and other occupations (*vāṇijyādi*) and deviating from the Vedic ways of life (*Veda-mārga-virodhinaḥ*); *naigamas*, those who do not act contrary to the Vedas; *śreṇī*, association of men belonging to different castes but following a common craft (नानाजातीयानामेकजातीयं