[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c12.s2.2 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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\*. - [Previous: c12.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12.s2.1) - [Next: c12.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12.s2.3) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.3.3.37) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12.s2.2) · Pramāṇa