In the legal and customary practices described in the early layers of the Rigveda and Atharvaveda, the term Madhyamasi denoted which vital institution or functional individual?

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Early Vedic society lacked an institutionalized, professional state judiciary or standing court structure. Private civil offenses like land arguments or cattle theft were routinely arbitrated through a trusted neutral elder or community mediator designated as the Madhyamasi, who stood in the middle to resolve gridlocks.

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