Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.52
Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.52
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c16.52
Similar remarks apply to queens and women as the following examples show.³ Sameness of name was common; thus, three queens in the Paurava dynasty are said to have had the name Sunandā; ⁴ there were two Indrasenās,⁵ two Satyavatīs (Ṛcīka's wife and Śantanu's queen), and many Mālinīs. Women had the names of animals and birds, as two Gos (Śukra's wife and Yati's wife),⁶ and Haṃsī; of plants or flowers, as Mālatī,⁷ Padminī and Kamalā; of inanimate objects, as Akṣamālā, Araṇi and Sītā; and also of abstract ideas, as Maryādā and Sannati.⁸