India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s5.11

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s5.11

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c12.s5.11

We may also consider such terms as *Sraughnaḥ*, *Māthuraḥ*, one owning loyalty (*bhakti*) to the township of Srughna or Mathurā, as indicative of the civic devotion of a citizen to his city. Such formations as *Prāchya-sapta-samaḥ*, 'a Prāchya for 7 years', *Gāndhāri-sapta-samaḥ*, 'a Gāndhāri for 7 years' (*Dvigau pramāṇe*, VI.2.12, as explained by the *Kāśikā*) indicate citizenship acquired by domicile for stated periods.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit