India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s10.22

c8.s10.22

Pastures appear to have been held in common by the village for the grazing of its cattle (*grāmya-paśu-saṅgha*, I.2.73). The village also had its cattle ranches called *goshṭha* (V.2.18) or *vraja* (III.3.119). Settlements of cowherds (*gopāla*, VI. 2.78) were known as *ghosha* (VI.2.85).