Question

what were sabhas and samits? ​

Answer 1

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SABHAS AND SAMITIS The term sabha occurred eight times in the Rig Veda and seventeen times in the Atharva Veda. In one instance, sabha referred to a meeting hall. In other instances, sabha referred to a "body of men shining together." The term sabha was often linked with the term samiti (meeting together), both words referring to a gathering, assembly, or council of people. The Atharva Veda identified sabha and samiti as two daughters of the high Vedic god Prajāpati. Whenever the terms appeared together, sabha preceded samiti, leading some scholars to infer that sabhas might have existed before samitis. No ancient texts, however, have identified clear differences between sabhas and samitis, their sequence in appearance, or their relationships to each other.

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Answer 2

Both Sabha and Samiti were related to Rig Vedic period.

Sabha - It was assembly of people , it was popular in early rig vedic period . Whole community was member of sabha and might be participate also. Women also attended Sabha. Sabha took some social importance decision in community welfare and some time also rendered Judicial function though.

Samiti - It was also committee of people and it was popular in later rig vedic period. Samiti was further restricted to only for elites. Women debared to attend samiti. In the last Samiti became only aristocratic body.

It was clear that the condition of women degraded after early vedic age and people also lost their democratic attitude.