The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c9.s1.t2.7
The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c9.s1.t2.7
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c9.s1.t2.7
The milieu that produced the *dharma* or *smriti śâstras* (law-books) was therefore one in which at least four or five institutions, the *śreṇî*, the *naigama*, the *pâṣaṇḍi*, the *gaṇa* or the *pûga* were centres of public life.¹ The common name for all of these bodies was *samûha*.