Chapter 61

The Definition and Characteristics of Guilds and Other Groups

A group of various city-dwellers is declared to be a naigama; a band of men bearing various weapons is declared to be a vrāta. // K_678 //

A group of traders and others is declared to be a pūga; those who have abandoned their ascetic vows are declared to be pāṣaṇḍas. // K_679 //

A group of Brahmins is declared to be a gaṇa; those who live by a craft are declared to be śilpins. // K_680 //

A group of Ārhatas and Saugatas (Jains and Buddhists) is called a saṅgha; a group of Chāṇḍālas, Śvapacas, and others is called a gulma. // K_681 //

Gaṇas, pāṣaṇḍas, pūgas, vrātas, and śreṇis, and other groups of people, are called vargas by Bṛhaspati. // K_682 //