[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) › c16.61 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.61 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.61 - **Language:** English ### [c16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.61) Again, women had the same names as stars or constellations; thus there were two Rohiṇīs (one wife of Vasudeva,⁸ and the other wife of Kṛṣṇa⁹), several Revatīs (Balarāma's wife and others), a Citrā,¹⁰ and Rādhā; hence Arundhatī,¹¹ wife of a Vasiṣṭha,¹² may not perhaps be mythical. Moreover, women had the same names as mythological persons, such as apsarases; thus Vadhryaśva's queen in the North Pañcāla dynasty was Menakā,¹³ the queen of Tṛṇabindu of the Vaiśāla dynasty was Alambuṣā,¹⁴ and the Paurava Raudrāśva's queen was Ghṛtācī.¹⁵ The last two are called apsarases, but Vadhryaśva’s queen was certainly not an apsaras, and the sameness of name no doubt suggested that Ghṛtācī and Alambuṣā were apsarases.¹ - [Previous: c16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.60) - [Next: c16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.62) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16.61) · Pramāṇa