[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.s8.32 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.32 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.32 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.32) 5. \*Daṇḍa\* (V.1.110). Pāṇini refers to the staff called \*āshāḍha\* (\*pālāśa-daṇḍa\*) which was used in the initiation ceremony (\*upanayana\*). - [Previous: c8.s8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.31) - [Next: c8.s8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.33) - [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.5.1.110) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s8.32) · Pramāṇa