India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s9.1

c8.s9.1

Pāṇini acquaints us with the principal architectural patterns of buildings found in a big city, *e.g.* *rāja-sabhā* (the king's council-hall, II.4.23), *geha*, *gṛiha* (houses, III.1.144), *nivāsa* and *nikāyya* (residential buildings or quarters, III.1.129), *chhātrī-śālā* (hostels for women, VI.2.86), words ending in *agāra*, like *koshṭhāgāra* (royal store-houses, IV.4.70), *nishadyā* (rest-houses, III.3.99), *dvāra* (city-gates, IV.3.86), *parikhā* (moats, V.1.17), *kapāṭa* (door leaves, III.2.54) and *parigha* (bolts, VIII.2.22).