India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s1.16

c11.s1.16

(2) In the second place there may be images in the possession of *devalakas* or owners and custodians of shrines. They may be either fixed in one place or carried from place to place. The former would cover for all practical purposes the images of class 1 above, which would then be objects of Pāṇini's rule and the deity would be named *Śiva* (without *kaṇ* suffix). Both *chala* and *achala* images with the *devalakas* would serve for worship (*pūjārtha*), be a source of livelihood (*jīvikārtha*) to their care-takers, but be not for sale (*apaṇya*). All these are the object of Pāṇini's rule, and they would be named as *Śiva*, *Skanda* (without *ka*).