India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s2.8
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s2.8
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(2) *TAKSHĀ* (V.4.95), carpenter. Pāṇini mentions *tanūkaraṇa* or hewing as the chief part of the carpenter's work (cf. III.1.76). Amongst his tools reference is made to *udghana* (III.3.80), the bench on which he works. The village carpenter played an important part in rural economy, the various agricultural implements mentioned above were made by him.