India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.36

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.36

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c8.s15.t1.36

(20) Names ending in *ka*, a suffix added to denote (1) inferiority (*kutsite*, V.3.75), *e.g.* Pūrṇaka, name of a servant; and (2) benediction (*āśīshi*, III.1.150), *e.g.* Jīvaka (May you live!), Nandaka (May you prosper!).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit