India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s9.5

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s9.5

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c8.s9.5

NISHADYĀ—In *sūtra*, III.3.99 Pāṇini gives *nishadyā* as a specific word (*saṁjñā*) meaning a rest-house. The *niṁsi (d) yās* (resting places) are referred to by Aśoka (Pillar Edict VII). The Nāgarjunī Hill Caves were built for providing shelter to monks during rains (*vāsa-nisidiyāya*=*varshā-nishadyāyai*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit