India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s2.12

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s2.12

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c9.s2.12

Amongst precious metals mention is made of gold (*hiraṇya* or *jātarūpa*, nuggets, IV.3.153; cf. also Vedic *upachāyya-priḍa*, III.1.123) and silver (*rajata*, IV.3.154). Iron (*ayas*, V.4.94), bell-metal (*kāṁsya*, IV.3.168) and tin (*trapu*, IV. 3.138) are also mentioned. Pāṇini takes *ayas* both as a genus (*jāti*) and a species (*saṁjñā*), illustrated by the *Kāśikā* as *kālāyasa* (iron) and *lohitāyasa* (copper) respectively. *Sīsa* and *loha* are mentioned in a *gaṇa* (IV.3.154).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit