[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.s2.16 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.16 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.16 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.16) The duties of the householder were to entertain the guests (\*atithi\*), to make suitable gifts on occasions (\*vyaya\* I.3.36; \*upayoga\*, I.3.32), to perform the family sacrifices (\*yajñas\*) and offer due worship to the ancestors (\*śrāddha\*, IV.3.12). - [Previous: c8.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.15) - [Next: c8.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.17) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.1.3.36) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.16) · Pramāṇa