India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.3
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s15.t1.3
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c8.s15.t1.3
The *Gṛihyasūtras* show the earliest use of such names. According to Āpastamba, the *nakshatra* name is the sacred name of a person. The *Khādira*, *Vārāha*, *Hiraṇyakeśī* and *Gobhila Gṛihyasūtras* contain injunctions for giving names based on stars (*nakshatrāśraya nāma*). These fall in line with Pāṇinian tradition. The use of such names is also found in Pāli literature. The epigraphic records of the Maurya and Śuṅga-Sātavāhana periods also testify to the use of such names for about four centuries.
Linked texts (5)
- Gobhilagṛhyasūtra — Gobhila, Sanskrit
- Khādiragṛhyasūtra — Khādira, Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- Āpastambagṛhyasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Vārāhagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit