India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s6.t1.25
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s6.t1.25
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c8.s6.t1.25
*(iii)* *Phāṇita*, implied as a counter-example in *sūtra* VII.2.18 which mentions *phāṇṭa*. *Phāṇita* denotes inspissated juice of sugarcane boiled down to thick consistency, a preparation now called *rāb*, from which after crystallisation sugar is prepared.