India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s1.35

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s1.35

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c9.s1.35

Winnowing was done by scattering corn (*utkāra* or *nikāra* from *kṛī dhānye*, III.3.30) with a winnowing fan (*śūrpa*, V.¹.26) in the direction of the wind, and separating grain from chaff (*nishpāva*, III.3.28).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit