India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.11

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s5.11

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c8.s5.11

*JÑĀTI*—*Jñāti* mentioned in *sūtra* VI.2.133 is explained by the *Kāśikā* as comprising 'all relations on the mother's and father's side' (*jñātayo mātṛi-pitṛi-sambandhino bāndhavāḥ*, VI.2.133). Pāṇini considers *jñāti* to be synonymous with *sva*, *i.e.* kinsmen or paternal relations (I.1.35).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit