Vrātya and vrātīna in Sanskrit Grammatical Sources

The present research aims at studying the derivation of vrātya- on the basis of the Aṣṭādhyāyī [A] of Pāṇini and on the relevant commentaries, to understand the Vedic usage of this lexeme and to investigate the origin of the notion of violence linked by default with the Vrātya identity. After a gen...

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Main Author: Valentina Ferrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2024-06-01
Series:Cracow Indological Studies
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Online Access:https://www.journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/5830