India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s1.1

c9.s1.1

*KṚISHI* (*AGRICULTURE*)—Pāṇini mentions agriculture as *kṛishi*, derived from the root *kṛish*, to plough, although the term was not restricted to mere ploughing. Kātyāyana and Patañjali have an interesting discussion that *kṛishi* denotes not merely ploughing, but includes collectively all other operations of agriculture, such as the supply of seeds, implements, animals, and human labour.¹