[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) › c6.63 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.63 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c6.63 - **Language:** English ### [c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.63) (12) \*PĀṆINI AND PĀṬALIPUTRA\*—‘He then closed it and sent it to the king (\*supreme ruler\*), who exceedingly prized it.’ The \*Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa\*, Somadeva, and Tārānātha all relate the story of Pāṇini’s friendship with one of the Nanda kings. Rājaśekhara records a tradition, already referred to, showing Pāṇini’s connection with Pāṭaliputra. It is likely that Pāṇini visited Pāṭaliputra in person to participate in the \*Śāstrakāra-parīkshā\* rather than send his book through an emissary, Pāṭaliputra held a pre-eminent position in the literary life of the nation during the Nanda and Maurya periods. Chāṇakya, a resident of the distant North-West like Pāṇini himself, and nurtured in the glorious traditions of the Takshśilā school, also visited Pāṭaliputra. The \*Atthapakāsinī\* commentary of the Simhalese \*Mahāvaṁsa\* narrating the early life of Chāṇakya relates how during the course of his intellectual career to establish his reputation he was attracted to visit Pāṭaliputtra: (\*vādaṁ paryesanto Pupphapuram gantvā\*).¹ - [Previous: c6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.62) - [Next: c6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.64) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Āryamañjuśrīmūlakalpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.aryamanjusrimulakalpa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.63) · Pramāṇa