India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s12.5

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s12.5

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c8.s12.5

Pāṇini refers to the various parts of a chariot (*rathāṅga*) under the name of *apaskara* (VI.1.149). According to a *vārttika* on IV.3.121, *rathya* denoted parts of a chariot, as wheel, axle, etc. This special term derived from *ratha* seems to have been required in the cartwright's vocabulary to distinguish the chariot-parts from those of a cart, which were neither so costly nor so nicely built.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit