India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s6.20
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s6.20
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c8.s6.20
(*v*) *Shashṭikā* (V.1.90), so called because it took sixty days to ripen (*shashṭi-rātreṇa pachyante*); it was considered as one of the best varieties according to medical authorities (*Charaka*, Sūtra-sthāna, XXVII.13).