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Essay name: Purana Bulletin

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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies

The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.

Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)

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171 (of 234)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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July, 1964] NOTES ON SOME EARLY INDIAN NAMES एतान� नामानि � विविधेषु वर्गेष� - शौर्यप्रख्यापकान�, मङ्ग�- द्योतकान�, कर्मकाण्डसम्बन्धी नि, देवतावाचकानीत्यादिरूपेषु--- विभाजयितुं � शक्यन्ते � प्राचीनकाल� प्रसिद्धान� ब्राह्मणनामानि क्षत्रियनामानि � स्पष्टभेदवन्ति परस्परव्यावर्त्तकानि � नासन�, यतस्तदानी� वर्णानां पार्थक्यविषय� शैथिल्यमवर्त्त�, राजानश्च धर्मकृत्येष्वप्य- धिकृता बभूवुः � अतस्तदानीन्तनान� राज्ञा� नामानि ब्राह्मणानां � नामानि बहुध� समानान� वर्त्तन्ते, यथ� [etāni nāmāni ca vividheṣu vargeṣu - śauryaprakhyāpakāni, maṅgala- dyotakāni, karmakāṇḍasambandhī ni, devatāvācakānītyādirūpeṣu--- vibhājayitu� na śakyante | prācīnakāle prasiddhāni brāhmaṇanāmāni kṣatriyanāmāni ca spaṣṭabhedavanti parasparavyāvarttakāni ca nāsan, yatastadānī� varṇānā� pārthakyaviṣaye śaithilyamavarttata, rājānaśca dharmakṛtyeṣvapya- dhikṛtā babhūvu� | atastadānīntanāni rājñā� nāmāni brāhmaṇānā� ca nāmāni bahudhā samānāni varttante, yathā ] 'भानुमन्त [ԳܳԳٲ] ' ( १०५० ई० पू� ) इत� राज्ञो ना�, वंशब्राह्मणे (३६� ई० पू� ) � तद� ब्राह्मणस्यापि ना�, एवमे� [1050 ī0 pū0 ) iti rājño nāma, vaṃśabrāhmaṇe (360 ī0 pū0 ) ca tad brāhmaṇasyāpi nāma, evameva ] 'अञ्ज� [ñᲹԲ] ' ( ११६० ई० पू� ) इत्येतद् अत्रिवंशीयं ना� क्षत्रियस्� बुद्धपितामहस्याप� ( ५८� ई० पू� ) � ना� � अत्र विषय� � कश्चित� नियम उपलभ्यते � एवंप्रकारा नामविषयिका विविधा भारती� संस्कृत्यध्ययनोपयोगिनी विचारसामग्री लेखकमहोदयेनात्� सुविचारिता � ] [1160 ī0 pū0 ) ityetad atrivaṃśīya� nāma kṣatriyasya buddhapitāmahasyāpi ( 580 ī0 pū0 ) ca nāma | atra viṣaye na kaścit niyama upalabhyate | evaṃprakārā nāmaviṣayikā vividhā bhāratīya saṃskṛtyadhyayanopayoginī vicārasāmagrī lekhakamahodayenātra suvicāritā | ] ] 421 In the search for light on ancient Indian culture, it seems
to us that personal names have been somewhat neglected. There
are many ways of misusing their evidence, and difficulties in
establishing it; but names were important in a man's life, and
must reflect the hopes and ideas of a once living environment.
We therefore hope that some of the following observations will
be found interesting and true, and the rest usefully suggestive,
even if in part erroneous. The name is a word, and the word
in early thought could not be undone, and its permanence is one
of the sources of the doctrine of transmigration; the man is name
and form, nāmarūpa, as late as Buddha's time, so that the nature
of that name may be of some interest.
We deal here with male names in Sanskrit¹; with some
exceptions we do not deal with the Jain Prakrit or Pali names,
as they would need separate study; nor with female names,
which in the Purāṇa and MBh.' are far less well attested as well
1. All names are from the Purana King-lists (as determined in my
forthcoming book, Dates and Dynasties of Ancient India) or from the well-known
Vedic literature, including the Vamśas there given. If the are not from
either of these sources, it is so said. The Mitanni names are from: Gelb
& Others, Nuzi Personal Names, O'Callaghan, Aram Naharaim.
2. All abbreviations are explained in the end,
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