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)
191 (of 234)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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July, 1964] NOTES ON SOME EARLY INDIAN NAMES 441 as free from difficulty as they look; we might for the last two
have a form from rdh, prosper (Atm), participial, ar ta am na,
and patronymic? Artamnya, ar ta ma an ia.
For ritual names we might seek parallels in Greece ; but
priesthood's tend to be aristocratic there, and "br膩hma峁嘺" and
"k峁triya" have fallen together. Hiero-is common, Hierokles
(originally rather Getting a hearing, 艣ravas, with the sacred, than
Having sacred fame ?), Hieromnemon, Hierophon, remembering,
showing the sacred; Theokolos, servant of (the) god is found as
a priest's personal name (Pape 1/492); but names directly referring
to the sacrifice are hard to find, e. g. Hagnotheos (=yaj帽adeva),
Hagnoteles having holy/sacrificial rites, Hagnothemis having
sanctified law, perhaps originally having, observing the law of
the sacrifice; Thu艒n sacrificing is found in Attica, Thues, Thue-
skhotos, Thuephoros appear once each in Pape; all of which
shows the comparative rarity of ritual names in Greece. A
comparison of Gk. and Skt. ritual and theophoric names would be
instructive, and should illustrate the differences of approach
between the peoples; it would probably be found the Greek
emphasized the relationship of persons, and the early Indian (till
the rise of bhakti) emphasized the mechanical ritual far oftener.
We will hope to trace the type more fully and widely when we
deal with the priestly ritual names of India. Meanwhile we hope
that even the above will have been found to provide some interest
or stimulus.
