India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.27

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.27

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c8.s15.t1.27

Birth under a particular asterism (*Tatra jātaḥ*, IV.3.25) inspired such names. In Pāṇini's time stars were regarded as deities to whom regular worship (*bhakti*) was shown. As such the star names are indicative of the religious attitude of the people based on a belief in numerous tutelary deities, including those presiding over the several asterisms.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit