India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s1.22

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s1.22

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c12.s1.22

MAHISHĪ (QUEEN, IV.4.48)—The queen had an official position in Hindu polity. She was crowned jointly with the king. Pāṇini mentions the chief queen as *Mahishī* (*Aṇ mahishyādibhyaḥ*, IV.4.48) and the special term *Māhisha* must have referred to her allowances in the Civil List, which was a charge fixed by convention (*dharmyam*, *āchāra-yuktam*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit