India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.6
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.6
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c8.s2.6
teacher brings the pupil (*māṇavaka*) into close relationship with him (*ātmasamīpaṁ prāpayati*). By means of this ceremony the *upanetā* (performer of the *upanayana* ceremony) formally becomes the *āchārya*.'