India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s2.2

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s2.2

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c12.s2.2

Pāṇini takes *Nyāya* as *abhresha*, non-deviation from traditional practice (III.3.37). An action in accordance with custom or usage was called *nyāyya* (IV.4.92), which was analogous to *dharmya*.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit