[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) › c16.52 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.52 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.52 - **Language:** English ### [c16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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 - [Previous: c16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.51) - [Next: c16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.53) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.52) · Pramāṇa