Samiti
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Samiti literally means ‘assembly’.
This is an ancient word used even in the Ṛgveda[1] and seems to mean a meeting or a meeting place. It might have been an ad hoc assembly of people attended by learned men and others including the king. Whether it was a regular national assembly of a whole people, as suggested by some scholars, is a moot point. The word sabhā also might have meant the same.
References[edit]
- ↑ Ṛgveda 10.191.3
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore