[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.s8.12 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.12 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.12 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.12) \*BLANKETS\* (KAMBALA)—Several kinds of blankets and woollen wrappers of different kinds were in use. Blankets produced in a standard size as marketable goods were called \*paṇya-kambala\* (V.2.42). Their size and weight were determined according to the measure of wool used. Such measure was called \*kambalya\*, equal to one hundred \*palas\* in weight, roughly five seers. The \*kambalya\* measure is derived by Pāṇini as a \*saṁjñā\* word (\*Kambalāchcha saṁjñāyām\*, V.1.3), pointing to its definite meaning. The \*kambalya\* seems to have been a measure of value and medium of exchange for some transactions in the barter economy of those days. Pāṇini mentions the formation \*kambalyā\* in \*sūtra\* IV.1.22, illustrated by the \*Kāśikā\* as \*dvi-kambalyā\*, \*tri-kambalyā\*, \*i.e.\* 'purchased for the price of 2 or 3 \*kambalya\* measures of wool' which would refer to a goat or sheep purchased for 2 or 3 \*kambalya\* measures of wool. - [Previous: c8.s8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.11) - [Next: c8.s8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.13) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.2.42) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.12) · Pramāṇa