[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.s3.3 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s3.3 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.3) According to Pāṇini, the bride whom the husband marries should be a \*kumārī\*, which is explained by Patañjali as \*apūrva pati\*, \*i.e.\* one who is not previously married (\*Kaumārāpūrvavachane\*, IV.2.13). The virgin after marriage was honoured by the title \*kaumārī bhāryā\*, and her husband \*kaumāra-pati\*. It is the same as the epithet \*ananyapūrvikā\* applied by Yājña-valkya (I.52). The husband and his wife after marriage had to perform jointly the sacrificial rites, from which the wife derived the title of honour as \*patnī\* (\*patyur-no yajña-saṁyoge\*, IV.1.33). It was denied to a woman not properly married. The social status of the husband devolved on his wife, as implied in Pāṇini's \*sūtra\* (\*Puṁyogād ākhyāyām\*, IV.1.48), \*i.e.\* a designation derived from her husband; \*e.g.\* \*mahāmātrī\* (ministrix), wife of a \*mahāmātra\*, a high government official, and \*gaṇakī\*, wife of a \*gaṇaka\* (accountant). Pāṇini also speaks of \*āchār-yānī\* as the wife of an \*āchārya\* (IV.1.49). - [Previous: c8.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.2) - [Next: c8.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.4) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.2.13) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.52) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s3.3) · Pramāṇa