India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.17

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.17

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c8.s2.17

The economic pursuits of a householder are also indicated. He might be a priest (*ṛitvik*), merchant (*vāṇija*, VI.2.13), an agriculturist (*kṛishīvala*, V.2.112), craftsman (*śilpī*), a labourer earning wages (*bhṛitaka karmakara*, III.2.22), and the like. Rich householders are referred to as possessing hoarded wealth, amounting to 100 (*naiskha-śatika*) and 1000 *niskhas* (*naishka-sahasrika*, V.2.119).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit