[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s4.714 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.714 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.714 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s4.714](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.714) Vāsiṭṭha ( Vāsiṣṭha ) (i) A chief family line¹ or lineage to which Tisālā², Mamḍiyaputta³, Dhaṇagiri (1)⁴, Jasā(2)⁵ belonged. It has seven sub-family lines or branches : Vāsiṭṭha, Umjāyaṇa, Jārekaṇha, Vagghāvacca(1), Koḍiṇṇa(3), Saṇṇi(1) and Pārāsara(3).⁶ (ii) The family-name of constellation Puṇavvasu is also Vāsiṭṭha.⁷ 1. Sth. 551. 2. Aca. 2. 176-7, AvaCu. 1. pp. 239 267, Kalp 21, 26, 30-2. 3. AvaN. 650, Vis. 2511. 4. Kalp. ( Theravali ) 7. 5. UttN. p. 394, UttCu. p. 221. 6. Sth. 551. 7. Sur. 50, Jam. 159. - [Previous: v2.c8.s4.713](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.713) - [Next: v2.c8.s4.715](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.715) - [Up: v2.c8.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.714](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.714) · Pramāṇa