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India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s1.t1.136

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s1.t1.136

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c9.s1.t1.136

| SOURCE | NAME OF MARK | MEANING |
| Pāṇini (VI.3.115). | 1. Vishṭā (-karṇī) | Uncertain; also in *Mait. Saṁ.* |
| | 2. Ashṭa | Numeral 8 marked on the ear. |
| | 3. Pañcha | Numeral 5. |
| | 4. Maṇi | Jewel. |
| | 5. Bhinna | Cleft ears. |
| | 6. Chhinna | Clipped ears. |
| | 7. Chhidra | Bored ears; also *Mait-Saṁ.* |
| | 8. Sruva | Ladle. |
| | 9. Svastika | Svastika sign. |
| Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā (IV.2.9). | 10. Sthūṇā | Stake (also Vanaparva, 167. 33 for stake mark on Arjuna's arrow). |
| | 11. Karkarī | Lute. |
| | 12. Puchhindyā | Perhaps the tail. |
| | 13. Dātra | Sickle; also in *Kāśikā*. |
| Atharva-veda (VI. 141.2). | 14. Mithuna | Man and Woman. |
| Ṛiktantra (*sūtra* 217). | 15. Plīhā | Spleen. |
| | 16. Aṅkuśa | Goad. |
| | 17. Kuṇḍala | Circle. |
| | 18. Uparishṭa | Twitched backwards. |
| | 19. Adhi. | Ears twitched inside. |
| | 20. Akshata. | Ears intact. |
| | 21. Bāṇa | Arrow. |
| | 22. Śaṅku | Spike. |
| *Kāśikā* (VI.2.112; (VI.3.115). | 23. Dviguṇa | Folded twice. |
| | 24. Triguṇa | Folded thrice. |
| | 25. Dvyaṅgula | Two finger-marks. |
| | 26. Aṅgula | A single finger-mark. |

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