[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.s2.1 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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). - [Previous: c8.s1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s1.18) - [Next: c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.2) - [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.3.2.168) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.1) · Pramāṇa