India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s14.57

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s14.57

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c8.s14.57

SOLISTICE—The *sūtra* VIII.4.25 (*Ayanam cha*) refers to *antarāyaṇa* or the time within the solstice, *i.e.* the period spent by the sun in proximity to the solstitial points. The alternative form *antarayana* denoted the countries situated within the tropics.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit