[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.s2.4 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.4 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.4) The preceptor or \*Āchārya\* initiated the young student. Every pupil became attached to his preceptor by a formal ceremony which Pāṇini calls \*upanayana\* and \*āchārya-karaṇa\* (I.3.36). The \*Kāśikā\* explains it as follows: - [Previous: c8.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.3) - [Next: c8.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.5) - [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.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.4) · Pramāṇa