[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.s8.13 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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\*. - [Previous: c8.s8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.12) - [Next: c8.s8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.14) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8) ## Cites (3) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.3.3.54) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.13) · Pramāṇa