[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) › c6.8 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c6.8 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c6.8 - **Language:** English ### [c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.8) This is shown, for example, by his rules applied to the accent, or the lengthening of the vowels in cases of calling from a distance (\*durād-dhūte\*), salutation (\*pratyabhivāde\*), and in the case of questions and answers (\*pari-praśna\*); or more specially, in his survey of place-names, and names of \*charaṇas\*, \*gotras\* and \*janapadas\*, for purposes of derivative formations which must have served an intensely practical need. - [Previous: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.7) - [Next: c6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.9) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6.8) · Pramāṇa