India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s1.12

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c11.s1.12

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c11.s1.12

*IMAGES.*—Figurines, including divine images are included under the general term *pratikṛiti* (V.3.96). Pāṇini, however, knew of a more specific word, *archā* (V.2.101), which accords with Patañjali's usage (*Mauryaiḥ hiraṇyārthibhiḥ archāḥ prakalpitāḥ*, V.3.99, *Bhāshya*, II.429).¹ Its derivative *archāvān* (V.2.101) should have signified the owner of an image.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit