India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s6.22

c8.s6.22

Pāṇini refers to the bank (*kūla*) of a river called Devikā (VII.3.1), on which was grown, according to Patañjali, a special kind of rice called *dāvikākūla śāli* (III.316). The river Devikā is identified with Deg flowing through Jammu and Sialkot, still famous for its excellent rice.