[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.s9.2 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s9.2 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s9.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.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). - [Previous: c8.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.1) - [Next: c8.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.3) - [Up: c8.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.2.4.24) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.2) · Pramāṇa