India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s5.16

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c7.s5.16

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c7.s5.16

12-15. *Kachcha, Agni, Vaktra, Garta* (IV.2.126). No examples of these names are found in the *sūtras* and in Patañjali, but there was the well-known seaport called Bhṛigukachchha (Bharukachchha, *Jāt.* No. 463) called Broach. The *Kāśikā* instances under *kachchha* Dāru-kachchha and Pippalī-kachchha (Rajpipla near the mouth of the Narbada); under *agni* Kāṇḍāgni and Vibhujāgni (modern Bhuj); under *vaktra* Indravaktra and Sindhuvaktra; under *garta* Bahugarta and Chakragarta.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Jātaka — Pāli