The words Panik or Vanik, Panya and Vipani, found in Sanskrit, suggest that the Panis were merchants par excellence of the Rigvedic age [even though]… - A. D. Pusalker
" "The words Panik or Vanik, Panya and Vipani, found in Sanskrit, suggest that the Panis were merchants par excellence of the Rigvedic age [even though] greedy like the wolf, niggardly, of cruel speech.
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About A. D. Pusalker
Professor A. D. Pusalker (1905-1973) was an Indologist and the Director and Curator, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. He did his MA in Sanskrit and obtained his PhD on Bhàùà. He contributed profusely to the field of Indology namely Puràõas and Ancient Indian history and Culture. He wrote about 100 research papers and edited first two volumes of Cultural Heritage of India (1957-59) published from the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata. He was awarded a silver medal by the Asiatic Society of Bombay. The President of India awarded him certificate of Honour in 1971 in recognition of ‘his erudite Scholarship and enlightening contributions to Indological Studies’. He has authored several books which include Eminent Indians, Indian Literature etc.
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