India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s13.t1.9

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s13.t1.9

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c8.s13.t1.9

*JOUSTS*—Pāṇini mentions a joust as *praharaṇa-krīḍā*, 'a pastime with weapons.' The name of the sport takes after the weapon used in it as prescribed in the *sūtra Tadasyāṁ praharaṇam iti krīḍāyāṁ ṇaḥ* (IV.2.57). The *Kāśikā* cites as examples *maushṭā* (boxing) and *dāṇḍā* (*lāṭhī*-play). The *Sarabhaṅga Jātaka* describes sports of archery with such feats as arrow-stick, arrow-rope, (*Jāt.* V.130, *sara-laṭṭhi*, *sara-rajju*, *etc.*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Jātaka — Pāli