Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.436

v1.c3.s20.436

In actual practice two names are usually found in the Brāhmaṇas, the second being a patronymic or a metronymic, as in Kakṣīvant Auśija⁸ (if the story of the slave woman Uśij as his mother is correct), or Bṛhaduktha Vāmneya,⁹ ‘son of Vāmnī,’ though the relationship may, of course, be not direct parentage, but more remote descent.¹⁰ Three names are less common—for example, Kūśāmba Svāyava Lātavya,¹¹ ‘son of Svāyu, of the Lātavya (son of Latu) family,’ or Devataras Śyāvasāyana Kāśyapa,¹² where the patronymic and the Gotra name are both found. In other cases the names probably have a local reference—e.g., Kauśāmbeya and Gāṅgya. Frequently the patronymic only is given, as Bhārgava, Maudgalya, etc., or two patronymics are used. The simple name is often used for the patronymic—e.g., Trasadasyu.¹³ In a few cases the name of the wife is formed from the husband’s name,¹⁴ as Uśīnarāṇī, Purukutsānī, Mudgalānī.