India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.4

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.4

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c8.s15.t1.4

A detailed analysis of the proper names in use in Pāṇini's time is given below. They fall under three groups, I. Miscellaneous names, II. Star names, and III. Abbreviated names. I. *Miscellaneous Names*: (1) Names with *viśva* as the prefix (*Bahuvrīhau viśvaṁ saṁjñāyām*, VI.².106). The pre-Pāṇinian examples are Viśvāmitra, Viśvamanas (*Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa*), Viśvasāman; and Vissakamma (I.314), Vissasena king of Bārāṇasī (II.345), Vessabhū Buddha, Vessāmitta, a former king (*porāṇakarājā*) (VI.251), and Vessantara in the *Jātakas*.

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit