India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.4

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s13.4

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c8.s13.4

Pāṇini refers to bull-riders (*go-sāda*, and *gosādin*, VI.2.41), camel-riders (*ushṭra-sādi*); to mounted officers (*yuktārohin*, VI.2.81), probably couriers or cavalrymen; to charioteers (*sārathi*, VI.2.41); to reins (*pragraha*, *raśmi*, III.3.53); to expert bull-drivers (*gosārathi*, VI.2.41); and others competent to drive all kinds of animals (*sarvapatrīṇa*, V.2.7).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit