India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.18

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.18

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c8.s15.t1.18

As shown by Pāṇini (VIII.3.100) some personal names were formed by prefixing names of stars to the ending *sena*, *e.g.* Rohiṇisena, Bharaṇisena, etc., and Śatabhishaksena, a name although seldom found in actual use, is implied in Pāṇini's rule, VIII,3.100 (*agakārād*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit