[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.s2.17 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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). - [Previous: c8.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.16) - [Next: c8.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.1) - [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.6.2.13) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.17) · Pramāṇa