[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) › c8.s2.13 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.13 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.13) His wife was technically called \*Patnī\* derived from the term \*Pati\* to whom she was wedded at the sacrifice (\*Patyur-no yajñasamyoge\*, IV.1.33). The two together tended through life the sacred Family Fire, (\*Gārhapatya Agni\*) essential for the performance of domestic ceremonies. As stated by Manu (III.67) the married couple installed and tended the \*vaivāhika agni\* for the \*gṛihya\* rites. They were also called \*āvasathika\* from their dwelling in an \*āvasatha\* (IV.4. 74), from which their Fire was named \*Āvasathya\*. - [Previous: c8.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.12) - [Next: c8.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.14) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.1.33) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.67) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.13) · Pramāṇa