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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... Fire Rohitasva Chhagaratha Ram-rider Saptajihva Dhananjaya Destroyer of riches $uchi Dhumaketu Known by smoke Tomaradhara Hutabhuj Devourer of offer-Vahni ings Vaiivanara Jivalana Burner Bright Red-horsed Seven-tongued Bright Javelin-bearer Luminous Benefactor of mankind r The above lists give us the proper names of the Vedic and Pur/inic days, and illustrate the formation of these in the earliest times. To carry the enquiry into the Epic period I give hero alphabetically the names of the kings of the Solar and Lunar Dynasties as found in Dowson's Dictionary of Hindu Mythology, s.v.v. Sruyavansa and Chandravania, adding the meanings of the words as far as I have been able to ascertain the same. They are in their Sanskrit form, and are valuable as showing how men were named in the Epic days. Some Sanskritists will be inclined to dispute the correctness of the succession as given by Professor Dowson, and many of the kings bore several names not to be found in his lists. But, be this as it may, his lists amply suffice for the present purpose. It will be seen on examination that some of these names are still extant, and that the same wonderful variety, now so remarkable a feature in Indian nomenclature, was even then maintained. Thus out of a list of 292 of these old kings only the following names, 21 in number, occur more than once, and of these only two, Ilaryasva and Dasaratha, occur thrice, and none more than three times:--Suketa Sunaya Sunitha 6ara Viduratha Vijaya Visvasaha Yuvanasva The Solar Race consisted of the dynasties of Ayodhya (Oudh, Avadh) and Mithila (Terhut), and the Lunar Race of three dynasties, viz., the Yadavas and Pauravas, famous in story, and the kings of Kimi (Benares). The names they bore areas under:--Solar Race. Names of the Kings
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