[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.s5.7 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s5.7 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.7) In the \*Ashṭādhyāyī\* an individual member of a caste is designated as \*bandhu\* in relation to his \*jāti\* (\*Jātyantāch-chha bandhuni\*, V.4.9). ‘The affix \*chha\* (\*īya\*) is added to a word ending in the word \*jāti\*, when it denotes a \*bandhu\*.’ The examples are \*Brāhmaṇa-jātīyaḥ\*, \*Kshatriya-jātīyaḥ\*, \*Vaiśya-jātīyaḥ\*. The \*Kāśikā\* says that \*bandhu\* in the \*sūtra\* means an individual; the \*jāti\* or class is in itself an invisible entity which achieves concrete form only through its component parts or \*bandhus\*. The term \*bandhu\* implies relationship, thus pointing to the fact that the \*jāti\* had evolved out of the common bond of mutual kinship. The word \*sabandhu\* in \*sūtra\* VI.3.85, indicates this idea of kinship, (\*samāna-bandhutva\*) uniting members of one caste. - [Previous: c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.6) - [Next: c8.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.8) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.4.9) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s5.7) · Pramāṇa