India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s1.23

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c11.s1.23

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c11.s1.23

*DEMONS*—The counterpart of the gods were the demons who are dreaded as much as the former were loved. In mentioning them Pāṇini is obviously drawing on older literature rather than recording contemporary beliefs. Diti (IV.¹.85)

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit