[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) › c6.73 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.73 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c6.73 - **Language:** English ### [c6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.73) \*THE ASHṬĀDHYĀYĪ:\* (i) \*Its Name.\*—The \*Ashṭādhyāyī\* is differently designated as (1) \*Ashṭaka\* (\*ashṭāv-adhyāyāḥ parimāṇamasya sūtrasya\*, V.1.58); (2) \*Pāṇinīya\* (\*Pāṇininā proktam\*, IV.3.101); (3) \*Vṛittisūtra\* (\*Bhāshya\* I.371 differentiating \*Vṛittisūtra\* from \*vārttika\*). - [Previous: c6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.72) - [Next: c6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.74) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.73) · Pramāṇa