India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s2.29

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c11.s2.29

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c11.s2.29

*RECITATION OF MANTRAS*—*Yajña* implies the invoking of deities with recitation of *mantras* (*mantrakaraṇa* I.3.25). Recitation in concert (*sahochchāraṇa*) marked by clear tone and accent was called *samuchchāraṇa* (I.3.48). Invocation of deities was *nihava* and *abhihava* (III.3.72).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit