India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.t1.20
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s13.t1.20
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c8.s13.t1.20
Pāṇini knows of the habits of big game roaring or yelling at a particular time of day or night (IV.3.51, *Vyāharati mṛigaḥ*), as shown in the expression (1) *prādoshika* (at dust) and (2) *naiśika* (at night). [Cf. Karṇaparva, 31. 40, *krav-yādā vyāharantyete mṛigāḥ kurvanti bhairavam*].
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- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit