[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.s7.3 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s7.3 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.3) Pāṇini brought up in the traditions of Takshaśilā uses several words for disease, such as \*gada\* (VI.3.70), \*upatāpa\* (VII.3.61) and \*sparśa\* (III.3.16), the last probably referring to contagious diseases. A medical doctor is called \*agadaṁkāra\* (VI.3.70). The herbs were known as \*oshadhi\* and the medicines as \*aushadha\* (V.4.37, \*Oshadher-ajātau\*). Since an \*aushadha\* was a compound of several ingredients to suit the needs of each case Pāṇini takes the view that it did not form a genus or class like the herbs. - [Previous: c8.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.2) - [Next: c8.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.4) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.6.3.70) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s7.3) · Pramāṇa