India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.26

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s5.26

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c8.s5.26

FRIEND—The domestic sphere of the home was extended in a wider social circle of friends. The *Jātakas* include *mitta* and *suhajja*, friends and acquaintances, in the gradation of relationships. (*māta-pitu-mitta-suhajja ñāti-vaggo*, *Jātaka* Vol. V, p. 132).

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Jātaka — Pāli