India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s14.25

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s14.25

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c8.s14.25

NAKSHATRAS—Pāṇini analyses *nakshatra* into *na-kshatra* (VI.3.75), a derivation found also in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (II.¹.2.18, *nakshatra* 'no light', explained with a legend). The *Nirukta*, although it cites this Brāhmaṇa derivation, prefers to derive *nakshatra* from *naksha* 'to come near' (*nakshater—gatikarmaṇaḥ*, Nir, III.20; Cf. *Vedic Index*, I.409). Pāṇini strangely enough followed the *Śatapatha* tradition. The following Nakshatras are mentioned in the *Ashṭādhyāyī*:

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Linked texts (3)

Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit