India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s1.26

c11.s1.26

mother of the Daityas, Kadrū (IV.1.72), Asuras (IV.4.123), Rākshasas and the Yātus (IV.4.121) are referred to, but in connection with older linguistic forms. The term *āsurī māyā* (IV.4.123) similarly appears to be an old word signifying thaumaturgy or the *asura-vidyā* (cf. *Āśv. Śr.*, X.7, and *ŚB.*, XIII.4.3.11). The female demon Kusitāyī, wife of Kusita (IV.1.37) occurs in the *Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā* (III.2.6). The planet Rāhu is referred to as an enemy of the moon (*Vidhuṁ-tuda*, III.2.35).