India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c12.s6.31

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c12.s6.31

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c12.s6.31

5. *Parśu* (V.3.117). The whole tribe was called *Parśavaḥ*, and a single member *Pārśava*. The Parśus may be identified with the Persians. The Parśus are also known to Vedic literature (*Ṛigveda*, VIII.6.46) where Lüdwig and Weber identify them with the Persians. Keith discussing Pāṇini's reference to the Parśus proposes the same identification and thinks 'that the Indians and Iranians were early connected' (*Ved. Ind.*, I.505).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit