The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s2.t4.7

c10.s2.t4.7

None of the references cited by K. P. Jayaswal in his article on "The Hindu Parliament under Hindu Monarchy" in the *Modern Review* for February 1920 can be interpreted to indicate that the *jânapada* is "an institution", viz. the *sabhâ* or assembly of the *janapada* (country) as he claims it to be. It is impossible on the strength of his evidences to attach any technical significance to the term. It denotes nothing more than "an inhabitant of *janapada*". The singular number, wherever it occurs in connection with the term, must not mislead anybody, for according to the grammatical aphorism (*jâtau ekavachanam*) the singular simply indicates "a class".