India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.20

c8.s5.20

The *sūtra* IV.1.163 mentions the two terms *Vaṁśya* and *Yuvā* which denoted the great-grandfather and the great-grandson respectively as being alive at the same time (*Jīvati tu vaṁśye yuvā*). As stated above, suffixes were added to indicate these distinctions, as in the series Garga-Gārgyāyaṇa. *GṚIHAPATI*—The smallest social formation was the *Gṛiha*, its master being called *Gṛihapati* (IV.4.90), in whom vested the supreme authority of the family. Generally the father was the *gṛihapati*, but after him his eldest son. *Sūtra* IV.1.164 (*Bhrātari cha jyāyasi*) points out that the younger brother was called *yuvā*, when he was under the guardianship of his elder brother as the head of the family.