India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.13

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.13

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c8.s8.13

*PRĀVĀRA*—*Prāvāra* (also *pravāra*) as a garment is referred to in the *sūtra Vṛinoter āchchhādane* (III.3.54). Kauṭilya names *prāvāraka* as a blanket made of the wool of wild animals (*mṛiga-roma*, p. 80). In the *Mahābhārata prāvāra* is described as a class of blankets for protection against cold (Vanaparva; 3.51). It seems that *prāvāra* was a wrapper made of finer quality of wool and lighter in weight than the *paṇya-kambala*.

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Linked texts (3)

Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit