[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.s2.8 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s2.8 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.8) Pāṇini mentions a \*daṇḍa\* made of \*palāśa\* wood (\*Butea frondosa\*) as \*āshāḍha\* (V.1.110). - [Previous: c8.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.7) - [Next: c8.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.9) - [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.5.1.110) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s2.8) · Pramāṇa