India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s8.4
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s8.4
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c8.s8.4
(1) *kauśeya* (VI.3.42), silken cloth. According to Kātyāyana *kauśeya* is so called because it is produced from the cocoon, and though the silk-worm is also a similar product, the word applies only to the silken cloth.