Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v2.c49.90

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v2.c49.90

*Pari-Pavana* : cleaning or winnowing corn (8.4.34). *Pu* means to purify *Pāvaka* the purifier. *Pavana* — air. Thus, *Pari-Pavana* means purification by pneumatic jigging, through descent aganist (*pari*) drag in wind (*pavana*).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit