India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s1.12
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s1.12
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c8.s1.12
VAIŚYA. The Vaiśyas were given the title *arya* to indicate their social status (*Aryaḥ svāmi-vaiśyayoḥ*, III.1.103).
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit