[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Studies in Cola History and Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932) › c8.8 # Studies in Cola History and Administration c8.8 Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration c8.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8.8) It should, however, be observed that nowhere in the formal descriptions of Tamil polity such as we have in the \*Kural\* do we come across any clear references to the village and its institutions. The \*Kural\* in fact knows only of the learned \*Sabhā\* \*. The commentator Parimēlaḷagar makes it the king's \*Sabhā\*; but the word ‘avai’ seems to have a more general application as is seen from some of the couplets in the sections thereon. - [Previous: c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8.7) - [Next: c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8.9) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Tirukkuṟaḷ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.eighteen_lesser.tirukkural) — Tiruvaḷḷuvar, Tamil --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sastri-1932.c8.8) · Pramāṇa