India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.1

c9.s5.t1.1

PRAMĀṆA—*Pramāṇa* denotes a measure of length, except in VI.2.4, where it includes weights also, as *go-lavaṇa*, *aśva-lavaṇa*, salt for the cow and the horse, and in VI.2.12 where the length of time is also indicated by it as *Prāchya-saptasamaḥ*, *Gāndhāri-saptasamaḥ*, meaning a resident of seven years' standing in the Prāchya or Gandhāra country.