India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s9.2

c8.s9.2

*ŚĀLĀ*—*Śālā* was used for a variety of buildings, *e.g.* *sabhā* (council-hall II.4.24, *Aśālā cha*); *chhātrī-śālā* (female hostel, VI.2.86); *gośālā* and *kharaśālā* (stables for cows and asses, IV. 3.35); the last one being also found in the *Atharvaveda* and *Brāhmaṇas* (*Vedic Index*, II.376). *Śālā* was also used for a granary room for storing corn with an opening called *śālā-bila* (VI.2.102). It was a Vedic word (*Vedic Index*, II.376).