India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.30

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.30

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c8.s15.t1.30

III. *Abbreviated Names*: (16) Names ending in *ika* (V.3.78). A polysyllabic name was shortened in order to express affection. Only the first two syllables were retained with a suffix added, *e.g.* Devika from Devadatta; Yajñika from Yajñadatta; Chhaḍika at Sanchi from Chhandodatta (*List.* 380); and Yaśika from Yaśodatta (*List.* 757).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit