[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c10.159 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.159 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.159 - **Language:** English ### [c10.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.159) Of the second kind appear to be the following. Kurukṣetra was so named because king Kuru ploughed it,¹⁰ whereas it really denoted that it was his cultivated territory,¹¹ east of which lay his tract (apparently less cultivated) called Kurujāṅgala.¹² Sītā received her name, because her father Sīradhvaja¹³ found her in a furrow (sītā),¹⁴ whereas it was a natural feminine name expressing the idea of human propagation found in kṣetra, kṣetraja and bīja (cf. Ahalya); and the mistake led on to the epithet ayonijā given her.¹⁵ Arjuna Kārtavīrya had a thousand arms (bāhu-sahasra),¹⁶ whereas it seems probable he had the name Sahasrabāhu.¹⁷ - [Previous: c10.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.158) - [Next: c10.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.160) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10.159) · Pramāṇa