India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c17.4
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c17.4
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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