India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.1

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.1

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c8.s2.1

Pāṇini knows of (1) Brahmachārin (V.2.134), (2) Gṛihapati (IV.4.90), (3) ºParivrājaka (VI.1.154), and (4) Bhikshu (III.2.168). The system of four *āśramas* is called by Kātyāyana *chāturāśramya* (V.1.124).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit