India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.8
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.8
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(4) Names ending in *kaṇṭha*, *pṛishṭha*, *grīvā* and *jaṅghā* (V.2.114). Such names are rare in Vedic literature, except Śitipṛishṭha and Śitikaṇṭha. Pāṇini mentions Kalaśīkaṇṭha, Dāmakaṇṭha, and Khārijaṅgha in the *Upakādi* group (II.4.69). Tālajaṅgha cited in the *Kāśikā* was an earlier name. Maṇikaṇṭha occurs in the *Jātakas* (II.282).