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India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c17: Subject Index

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c17

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Subject Index

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Accounting, 415 Administration, 408, Ideals of, 411, Officers, 408 Agriculture, 194, implements, 198, operations, 199, produce, 205 Aindra system, 15 *Ākhyāna*, 339 Ākranda, friendly state, 411 Amusements, 157 Ancient letters, origin of, 14 *Anubrāhmaṇa*, 332 Arms, 421 Army, 419, fourfold division, 419, Organisation, 419 Arts and Crafts, 229 Art of War, 422 Articles, named according to values, 239, pledged, 278, restricted, 247 Artisans, 229 Ārya, 79 Ascetics, 380, 381, 382, kinds, 383 *Ashṭādhyāyī*, chronological position, 455, name, 23, text, 24 *Āspada*, 366 Āśramas, 81, 82, 83 *Atharvaveda*, 327 Authors, 305 *Āvāhana*, 377 Āyudhajīvī Saṁghas, four kinds, 434, general survey, 451, in Gaṇapāṭha, 446, in Vāhīka, 434, 436, list, 443 Banking, 274 Barter system, 246 Bhakti, 358, 430 *Bhikshusūtras*, 338 Blacksmith, 234 Blanket-maker, 232 Board-game, 165 Body, 123, humours, 120 Books, naming of, 306 Brahmacharya, period of 81 Brāhmaṇa (caste), 75 Brāhmaṇa literature, 328 Breeds of cattle, 225 Bull, life story of, 224 Business, 238, 239, earnest money, 240 Capital, 240 Cartwrights, 151 Caste, 75, Mixed, 80, Chamberlain, 406 Charaṇa, autonomous body, 302, Fellowship in, 300, as *Jāti*, 300, Naming of, 298, Union of, 299, 300, Vedic Schools, 285, 295, 296, 297, 299, 302, 303, 319, Working of, 298 *Charaṇa-parishad*, 297 Chariot, 148, upholstery, 150 Chief-Minister, 400, 401, 402 City, 141 City-gates, 139 Citizenship, 431 Clothing, Words for, 125 Coins, 471, kinds, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 471, Gold, 259, 260, 261, Silver, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267 Commentarial Literature, 306, 307 Commerce, 238 Containers, 145 Conveyances, 148 Cooking, 111 Corporeal interest, 278 Council of Ministers, 399 Country, 37, divisions, 38 Court, 416 Cow, branding, 226, life-story, 223, 224 Crafts, 229 Criminal Law, 418, 419 Crops, 204, according to sowing time, 204, Mixed, 200 Crop-loans, 203 Crown-prince, 405 Cultivators, 195

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Dakshas, a northern people, 8 Dāsa, 79 Deification of stars, 358 Deities, 359, Post-Vedic, 357, 358, 359, 360 Demons, 363 Demon worship, 363, 364 Desert regions, 46 Devikā, a river, 45 Dharma, 388, 416 Dhātu, 354 Dicing, 161 Diseases, 120, 121, 122, Autumnal, 122 Distillation, 119 Dress, 125, 126, 127, 128 Drinks, 99, 114, 115 *Dūta*, courier, 410 Dwellings, 133, 134, 135, 136 Dye-stuffs, 209 Earnest-money, 240 Economy, 194 Education, 280, academic progress, 289, 290, gradation of courses, 289, of women, 287, syllabus, 290 Elephant, height, a measure, 218 Emblems, 433 Exchange, 248 Executive, 431 Exogamy, 86 Fabrics, kinds, 125, 126, 128 Family, 93 Family relationships, 95 Fauna, 218 Feeding and stock, 222 Fields, 195, classification, 197 Fighting services, 419 Fires, sacrificial, names, 369 Flora, 210 Flowers, 215 Food, 99, classification, 99, invitations, 114 Footmen, running, 151 Forests, 39, 41, 210 Friend, 96 Fruits, 216 Furniture, 144 Games, 157 Gaṇa, Political, 424 Gaṇa polity, 428, 430

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Gaṇa-pāṭha, 26, 492, 494 Gems, 231 Geographical data, 34, horizon, 37 Geographical names, 35, 492 Goldsmith, 234 Gotra, 430 Government, its functions, 412 Grasses and weeds, 214, 215 Grāmaṇī, 437, 438, 439 Grammar, 1, 341 Grammarians, Previous, 341 Grammatical data, 341 Grammatical studies, 16, 346, Syllabus, 346, 347 Grammatical Sūtras, Previous, 341 *Gṛihapati*, 95 Guests, 97 Harvesting, process, 202 Health, 120 Houses, 133, 135 House-holder, 83 Hunting, 160 Images, 361, 362, 363, 364 Indra, 394 Indriya, 394 Irrigation, 204 Issarakāraṇavādīn, 382 Interest, 275, Corporeal, 278, Periodical, 278 *Janapada*, 424, a Cultural unit, common ancestry, defence, form of government, 477 ff. Janapada Culture, 483 Janapada Dharmas, 485 Janapadas, demarcated boundaries, linguistic peculiarities, Names of, 48, Naming of 424, 477 ff. Jānapadins, 424 *Jaya*, 433 Jña, 389 Johiya Rajputs, 445 Jousts, 158 Justice, 416 Jyotisha, 336 Kalpa literature, 333 *Kanthā*, 68 *Kanthā*-ending place names, 467, 468 Kāvyas, mentioned by Pāṇini, 339 King's personal and household staff, 406, his toilet attendants, 407

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Kshatriya, 77 Kshudraka-Mālavas, 468 Kula, 93, basis of the tribes, 429, 430, status of, 93 Kuṇḍapāyin Ṛishis, 368 Labour, 236 Lakshaṇa, 433 Land and fields, 195 Language, current, 348, Expansive source, 15, Spoken, 350 Law, 416, Civil, 417, Criminal 418 Learning, 303, Recognition of, 21 Leather-workers, 234 Literature, 313, classes, 312, 313, Growth, 14, of the *charaṇas*, 301, on recitation, 335, Philosophical, 337, Types, 303 Literary argument, 456 Lifters, 235 Loans, 274 Loka, language of the *Śishṭas*, 352 Lokāyata doctrine, 306, antiquity and authenticity, 337 Lokāyata School, 383, 390, 392, 393 *Mahābhārata*, 340 *Mahā-pravṛiddha*, compound interest, 278 *Maheshvāsa*, long bow, 422 *Majjhima-paṭipadā*, 335 Marks, for branding kine, 227, 228 Marriage, Exogamy, 86, Social effect, 85 Maṅgala, meaning and theory, 310, 311 Maṅkhali, 392, 459 Mantra, 318, 374 Maskarī, 381, 383, Philosophy of, 382 Materials for building, 135 Meaning of words, 353 Measurement and survey, 196, 197 Measures, 251, of length, 255 Military sports, 423 Miner, 231 Monarchy, 398 Money-lending, 274 Moral virtues, list, 388 Mountaineers, 434 Mountains, 39 Music, 168 Musical instruments, 168 Nakshatras, 174, Order of, 176, 177 Names, classes, 182, contraction, 182, 183, Compounds of two units, 182, derived from stars, 183, 184, 189, ending in *ajina*, 185, ending in *datta*, 187, ending in *grīvā*, 185, ending in *ika*, 190, ending in *ila*, 191, ending in *jaṅghā*, 185, ending in *ka*, 191, ending in *kaṇṭha*, 185, ending in *karṇa*, 185, ending in *mitra*, 185, ending in *prishṭha*, 185, ending in *putra*, 188, 189, ending in *sena*, 186, ending in *śṛiṅga*, 185, ending in *śruta*, 187, Female, 189, Gotra, 92, 182, Joint, as past-Vedic, 363, of marks, 227, of months, 174, Personal, 182, 192, 473, shortened, Post-Pāṇinian, 191, shortening, 193, typical in Pāṇini, 192, with prefix *upa*, 191, with suffix *iya*, 190 Naming, of City-gates, 140, of commentaries, 306, 307, of day and night, 178, of diseases, 121, of literary works, 306, of Vedic students, 285 Nandas, chronology, 463, 464, coinage, 472, currency reforms, 271 Nanda tradition, 462 Nandivardhana, Pāṇini's patron, 464 Nāstika, a philosophical school, 337, the different schools, 382 Naṭasūtras, 320, 338, 339, of Silālin and Kṛiśāśva, 314 Nyāya, 416 Onomatopoeia, 354 Ornaments, 125, 129 Palace-staff, 406 Pāṇini and Buddhism, 459;

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and Jātakas, 473; and Kauṭilya, 470, 471, 475; and Loka, 348; and Maheśvara tradition, 18; and Maskarī 458, 459; and Nanda Tradition, 462, 463, 464; and Pāṭaliputra, 20; and South India, 458; as a poet, 22, 23; as a teacher 30, 31 contemporary political data, 465; his outlook, 474; his date, coin evidence, 471, 472, 473; his effort, 18; his genius for synthesis, 352, 353; his greatness 1, 2, 3, 4; his literary horizon, 457; his mental powers 18; his method, 17; Madhyamapatha, 474, 475; survey of language, 2; his place in Sanskrit literature, 100; his real name, 8; his style, 4; his system, 2; reference to Parśus, 466; reference to Buddhist terms, 475; traditions about him, 11; various epithets, 4 Paraloka, 396 Parishad, 297 Party system, 431 Pāṭha, recitations, 283 Patronymics, 182 Pedagogy, 291 Peripatetic scholars (*Charaka*), 304 Philosophical literature, 337, 338 Philosophical thinkers and views, 389, 390 Philosophic beliefs, three kinds, 382 Philosophy, 389 Place-name endings, 63 Plants, Fibrous, 208 Plate-leavings, 114 Play, accessories, 162; method, 162 Pledge, 278 Ploughing, 200 Political data, 465 *Prāchya-krīḍā*, Eastern sports, 89, 158 Prefixes, 354 Pre-Paninian Schools, 16 Priests, 372;

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their selection, 372, 373 Profit, 240 *Pūga*, 436, 437 Punch-marked coins, classification of symbols, 271 Pupils, duties of 281, 282, disapproved, 283, 284 Purusha, Adhyātma School, 391 *Pūrvāchāryas*, list, 341, 342 *Purvāchārya saṁjñas*, 344 *Pūrvācharya sūtras*, 342, 343 Queen, 404 Quorum, 433 Rainfall, 203 *Rājakṛtvā*, 'king-maker', 400 *Rājanya*, 77, 428 *Rāja-sabhā*, 403 *Rājayudhvā*, 407 Recitation, details, 292, 293

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Religious beliefs and practices, 386, 387 Religious conditions, 356 Religious gifts, 388 Republics, 424, 443, 451 Revenue, its sources, 413 Ṛigveda, its Padapāṭha, 335, 341, its schools, 319, 320, 321 *Ṛitu*, as a deity, 358 Rivers, 39, 42 Roads, 140 Routes, 242, 243, 244 Sabhā, 20 Sacrificer, yajamāna, 366 Śakas, 68, 78 Śākalya, his disciples, 319 Śākaṭāyana, 16, 30, 341, 354 Śalātura, Pāṇini's birth-place, 9 Sale transactions, 240 *Sāmaveda*, 325 Saṅgha, 426; executive of a, 431, 432; political, 424; religious, 426 Names of, 443 Sanskrit as a spoken language, 350 Scales, for weighing, 251 Scholars, Specialist, 303 School regulations, 288 Seasons, 178 Secret counsel, 402 Servants, 97; domestic, 112 Śiva Bhāgavata religion, 360, 381 Snātaka, 83 Social formations, 91; Jāti, 91; Sagotra, 92; Saṁyukta, 93; Sanābhi, Sapiṇḍa, 92 Social honour, 129 Solstice, 178 Soma and its ceremonies, 368, 369 Sowing, auspicious days for, 201 Special studentships, 290, 291 Sports, 157; Eastern, 158 Śrāddha, 386 Śravishṭhā, first star, 459 Staple crops, 203 Star-names, 184, 190 State ideals, 411, 412 States, Monarchical, 425 Stipulated interest, 278 Stock-examples, 30

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Storage vessels, 147 Students, *antevāsī*, 281; *Brahmachārī*, 8 *chhātra*, 280; *daṇḍa-māṇava*, 281, 283 Students, Female; of sūtra works, 316; their admission, 300; their naming, 284; Vedic, 285 Studentship, 82 Subrahmaṇyā, 378 Śūdra, 77 Sugarcane, 209 Survey of lands, 196 Sūtrapāṭha, 26 Sūtras, the text of 24 Sūtra works, their naming 308 Svabhāva, Akriyāvāda, 390 Taxes in Eastern India, 414 Teachers, 282 Teething of young cows, 224 Terms, 251; applying to traders, 238, 239; indicative of texts 318; of Nyāya, 393; of Yoga philosophy, 393 Time, divisions, 170 Title and Terms, regarding polity, 398 Toilet 129; attendants, 407 Town-planning, 137 Towns, 63; in the Gaṇas, 71, 72 Trade 238; articles, 245; routes, 242 Traders, 238 Treatise, 308 Trees, 211 Uchchhedavādins, Annihilationist School, 390 *Uktha*, 336 Uṇādi suffixes, 353 Uṇādi-sūtras, 195 Upanishad, 333 Upanishadic thought, 218 Utensils, 112, 144 Vaiśampāyana, 323 Vaiśya, 77 Vanaspati, 210 Varṇāśrama-dharma, 75 Varsha, Pāṇini's teacher, 11 *Vasna*, sale-price, 240 Vāsudeva and Arjuna, their *bhakti*, 358, 359 Vedic deities, 356, 357 Vedic recitation, 392 Vedic *śākhās*, 295, 318 Vedic school, 295 Vedic schools, 327 Vedic texts, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337 Vedis, sizes and shapes, 371 Village boundaries, 141 Villages, 63 Voting, 432 *Vrāta*, 436, 439 *Vrātyas*, 440 *Vrātyastomas*, 441 Vyāḍi and Saṅgraha, 8, 11, 12, 19, 353 *Vyākhyāna*, literature of commentaries, 305, 316; Nature of, 31, 32 Vyūha of Kṛishṇa, 360 *Vyushṭa*, New-year's day, 179 Wager, 169 Wages, 236 War, 422 Water transport, 155 Wealth, 274 Weaver, 231 Weeds, 214 Weights, 251, 252 Wheel-guards, *pariskanda*, 420 Words, Eternity of, 354 Woman, as maiden, 88; as mother, 88; as wife, 88; Civic status of, 88; Education of, 287 Wrestling, 158 Writing, 311 *Yadrichchhā*, Ahetuvādin, 390, 391 *Yadrichchhā* and Niyati, 382 *Yajñas*, 365; derivation and meaning, 367 Yājñavalkya Brāhmaṇa, 329, 330 *Yājñika*, 365; literature, 365 Yajurveda, 321; Śukla, 325 *Yājyā* verses, 374 Yakshas, 17, 364 Yakshas and Nāgas, Popular Cult, 363 Yāska and South India, 458 *Yavanānī* writing, 465 Year, 179 Yuan Chwang on Pāṇini, 12, 13 *Yukta*, govt. servants, 409

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MAP OF NORTH-WEST INDIA IN PĀṆINI'S TIME

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PANJAB IN PĀṆINI'S TIME

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INDIA IN PĀṆINI'S TIME

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Central Archaeological Library,

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NEW DELHI.

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Author—V. S. Agrawala

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Title India as known to Panini

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