India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.t1.8

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s13.t1.8

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c8.s13.t1.8

*WRESTLING*—Pāṇini refers to the term *saṅgrāha*, i.e. gripping in wrestling (*Sami mushṭau*, III.3.36). Kātyāyana points out that *saṁgrāha* does not mean 'palm-ful' as taken by some. Patañjali's gloss is *mallasya saṅgrāhaḥ*, *mushṭikasya saṅgrāhaḥ* (grip of a wrestler). The *Jātaka* calls a wrestler *muṭṭhika* (*Jāt.* VI.277). Wrestling begins with a challenge (*āhvāna*, I.3.31; *mallo mallam āhvayate*), which is answered by a responsive action (*karma-vyatihāra*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Jātaka — Pāli