India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.28

c8.s15.t1.28

In star names the suffixes are often dropped (IV.3.37), *e.g.* Rohiṇa from Rohiṇī. Persons, both male and female, were named after Śravishṭhā (=Dhanishṭhā), Phālgunī, Anurādhā, Svāti, Tishya, Punarvasu, Hasta, Viśākhā, Ashāḍhā and Bahulā (*i.e.* Kṛittikā) without adding any suffix, *i.e.* the star name was synonymous with the personal name, *e.g.* Śravishṭhaḥ, Phalgunaḥ, etc. From Abhijit, Aśvayuk and Śatabhishak the terminations were optionally dropped (IV.3.36), *e.g.* Abhijit and Ābhijita, etc.