India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s12.2

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s12.2

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c8.s12.2

CHARIOT—*Ratha* (IV.2.10 etc.) was the more aristocratic conveyance. A collection of chariots is referred to as *rathyā* and *ratha-kaṭyā* (IV.2.50-51). The use of chariots for army was also known. Pāṇini refers to the divisions of an army (*senāṅga*, II.4.2), which according to the commentary included chariot-men and horsemen (*rathikāśvāroham*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit