Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.40

c16.40

Kings and brahmans also bore the names⁶ of animals, as Ṛkṣa, Ṛṣabha, Kuruṅga, and Vatsa; of birds, Śakuni, Haṃsa, Śuka, and Ulūka; of trees and plants, as Aśvattha, Plakṣa, Nala, and Muñja; of inanimate objects, as Śaṅkha, Dṛti, Aśman¹ and Droṇa; and even of ceremonies, as Aśvamedha: also of parts of the body, as Bāhu, Karṇa, Cakṣus; and of abstract ideas, as Śakti and Manyu.