India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.34

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.34

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c8.s8.34

7. *Upānah* (V.1.14), shoes, made of leather, manufactured according to the size of the foot (*anupadīnā*, V.29). The *Baudh. Śr. Sūtra* mentions shoes made of tiger's skin (*vaiyāghryau upānahau charmapakshau*, XVIII.16, p. 361). Pāṇini also knew of the use of *vaiyāghra* leather (IV.2.12) for upholstering purposes.

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Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit