India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.t1.30

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s13.t1.30

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c8.s13.t1.30

The words *aksha* and *śalākā* and the numerals (up to four) are compounded with *pari* to form an *Avyayībhāva* compound, when, as observed by Kātyāyana, the resultant words denote gambler's throws (*kitava-vyavahāra*, *vārt.* on II.1.10). Thus we have the following forms:

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit