History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.25

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²³⁵ That this ideal of 'kumbhīdhānya' is very ancient is shown by the use of the word kumbhīdhānya in the Mahābhāṣya where it is explained as follows (on Pāṇ. I. 3. 7, vol. I. p. 264) 'कुम्भीधान्यः श्रोत्रिय उच्यते। यस्य कुम्भ्यामेव धान्यं स कुम्भीधान्यः। यस्य पुनः कुम्भ्यां चान्यत्र च नासौ कुम्भीधान्यः.'