The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c9.s2.16

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c9.s2.16

It is this collective or *pariṣadic* origin that explains why the treatises on arts and sciences in Sanskrit literature have in general the title of *Saṁhitâ* i. e., compilation. Mostly encyclopædic works, as these are, they bear internal evidence of the collaboration and cumulative experience of many minds.

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