The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c6.53

c6.53

iv. Some forms of names look strange as Skt but are readily intelligible if they are mistaken Sanskritizations of Pkt forms. Thus the name *Śiśunāga* as found in the Bd, Vṣ, and Bh appears as *Śiśunāka* in the Mt and Vā¹⁴. *Śiśunāga* as Pkt might naturally be Sanskritized as *Śiśunāka*, because a Pkt *g* often represents a Skt *k*: otherwise it is difficult to see how the form *Śiśunāka* could have arisen. Similarly eVā has *Śuṅka* and *Śaṅka* for *Śuṅga*¹⁵; *eka-kṣatro* appears instead of *eka-cchatro*, and *eka-kṣaṭrām* instead of *eka-cchattrām*¹⁶.