[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.s8.16 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.16 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.16 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.16) We may also note the names of two other kinds of blankets known to Kātyāyana and Patañjali. In a \*vārttika\* on \*sūtra\* VII.3.45, (\*Varṇakā tāntave\*) Kātyāyana mentions \*varṇakā\* as a woven fabric, which Kauṭilya describes under the masculine form \*varṇaka\* as a kind of woollen blanket (\*Arth.\* II.11). Patañjali refers independently to \*kutapa\*, a Nepalese blanket or \*thulma\* (II.¹.69; I.406). - [Previous: c8.s8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.15) - [Next: c8.s8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.17) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.11) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.7.3.45) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.16) · Pramāṇa