[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.s9.7 # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s9.7 India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s9.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.7) EKAŚĀLIKA—The word \*eka-śālika\*, or its optional form \*aikaśālika\*, was of some practical importance. Pāṇini derives it as \*eka-śālā iva\*, 'that which is like one (man's) building' (V.3.109). It did not mean the owner of a single house, but it denoted a dwelling-place, which in respect of its use was reserved as one man's building, \*i.e.\* not intended for public use. The Tinduka-vana of queen Mallikā, wife of king Prasenjit, in the vicinity of Śrāvastī (\*Dīgha Nikāya\*, I. p. 278) was formerly \*eka-sālaka\* used as her own pleasance or for her guests. Such a residence was called \*rājāgāraka\* (Brahmajāla Sutta). Subsequently this park-house was thrown open to the Buddhist community (\*bahū sālā katā\*; \*Sumaṅgala-Vilāsinī\*, II. p. 365). It was a matter of some consequence in the social life of that period whether a park-residence of some rich man was of the nature of \*ekaśālika\*, i.e. reserved for personal use, or was thrown open for public use. We know from the story of Anāthapiṇḍika how he converted the garden of Prince Jeta which used to be \*eka-śālika\* (i.e. reserved for his own use) into a public residence for the use of the entire Buddhist Saṁgha. - [Previous: c8.s9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.6) - [Next: c8.s9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.8) - [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.5.3.109) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Tevijjasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.13.83.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s9.7) · Pramāṇa