[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c35.217 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.217 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.217 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.217) ¹ A passage in the Commentaries (e.g., DA. ii. 519)—which states that among those responsible for the administration of justice in the Vajji country (see \*s.v.\* Licchavi) were the \*Aṭṭhakulakā\*—has given rise to the conjecture that \*Aṭṭhakulakā\* meant heads of eight clans composing the Vajjian confederacy. There is no other evidence regarding the number of the clans. The \*Aṭṭhakulakā\* were probably a judicial committee. - [Previous: v2.c35.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.216) - [Next: v2.c35.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.218) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.217) · Pramāṇa