India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s10.4

c8.s10.4

PRĀKĀRA AND DEVAPATHA—There is no mention of *prākāra* in the *sūtras*. Kātyāyana mentions *prāsāda* and *prākāra* in a *vārttika* on *sūtra*, VI.3.122, and the trend of his discussion shows that the words were implied in Pāṇini's rule. The stock illustrations on V.1.16 (*Tadasya tadasmin syāditi*) include *prākārīya deśa* (the site for a rampart) and *prākārīya ishṭakā* (bricks for the city-wall), the latter agreeing with the direction of Kauṭilya that the ramparts should be made of bricks.