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== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==

Where do the Panis reside and what do they do? If seen from a symbolic perspective, many concepts are unravelled by the Vedas. Yaska maharshi explains that Pani means people with a mentality of business mindedness, “panims ca vani ja ha”(Niruktha 6.26). The Vedas also talks of ‘beka natas’ who are known to be shrewd money lenders who focus on doubling their money by getting more interest. The ‘beka natas’ are supposedly able to see only in the day, and when night arrives, they would argue that such things that were seen in sun light, doesn’t exist. Therefore they are considered to be ||nasthika (atheists) Charvaka philosophers. To reaffirm this, Yaska maharshi quotes Rk Samhita (8.66.10)

If seen from a symbolic perspective, many concepts are unravelled by the Vedas. Yaska maharshi explains that Pani means people with a mentality of business mindedness, “panims ca vani ja ha”(Niruktha 6.26). The Vedas also talks of ‘beka natas’ who are known to be shrewd money lenders who focus on doubling their money by getting more interest. The ‘beka natas’ are supposedly able to see only in the day, and when night arrives, they would argue that such things that were seen in sun light, doesn’t exist. Therefore they are considered to be ||nasthika (atheists) Charvaka philosophers. To reaffirm this, Yaska maharshi quotes Rk Samhita (8.66.10)

||kadu mahirdrishta asatvishaha kadu vruthagno askritham, indrovishvan beka natam ahardrisha utha krithva panikam rabhihi||

||kadu mahirdrishta asatvishaha kadu vruthagno askritham, indrovishvan beka natam ahardrisha utha krithva panikam rabhihi||