[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.s8.18 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.18 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.18 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.18) In a group of phrases as \*purusha-vyāghra\*, \*purusha-siṁha\* (II.¹.56, \*Upamitaṁ vyāghrādibhiḥ sāmānyāprayoge\*) and \*hastighna\* (III.2.54), Pāṇini refers to the ideal of physical valour (\*śakti\*) for men. - [Previous: c8.s8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.17) - [Next: c8.s8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.19) - [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.3.2.54) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.18) · Pramāṇa