India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s14.28

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s14.28

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c8.s14.28

3. *Mṛigaśīrsha*. Not referred to by the name of the *nakshatra*, but the full-moon night called *Āgrahāyaṇī* is mentioned thrice (IV.².22; IV.3.50; V.4.110). The month was named *Āgrahāyaṇika* (*Āgrahāyaṇiko māsaḥ*). Pāṇini refers to agreements for repayment of loans on the *Āgrahāyaṇī* day (IV.3.50). The time near about *Āgrahāyaṇī* was called *upāgrahāyaṇam* and *upāgrahāyaṇī* (V.4.110).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit