[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.s2.6 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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\*.' - [Previous: c8.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.5) - [Next: c8.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.7) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.6) · Pramāṇa