North Indian Inscriptions

PART A

II. Non-religious Names
1. Appearance─colour, size, dress, voice, and parts of the body :
(a) Male names─ *Samaka^[1] (śyāmaka) A 66, *A 73, *Chula (Kshudra)^[2] A 51, *Chuladhaka (Kshudra?) A 17, Chulana (Kshudra?) A 91, Mahamukhi (Mahāmukhin)^[3] *A 42, Muḍa (Muṇḍa) A 102, Ghāṭila (Ghāṭa ‘nape or back of the neck’?) A 28.
(b) Female names─Sāmā (Śyāmā)^[4] A 20, Golā^[5] A 49, Ghosā (Ghoshā)^[6] A 117, Kachulā (Kañchulā ‘a bodice’)^[7] A 115.
2. Mental dispositions and temperament :
(a) Male names─Anaṁda (Ānanda) A 50, Avisana (Avishaṇṇa) A 82, A 83, *Naṁda (Nanda)^[8] A 69, *Nadagiri^[9] (Nandagiri) A 54, Naṁdagiri^[9] A 97, Dhuta (Dhūrta ‘ crafty, cheat’) A 96.
(b) Female names─Ujhikā (Ujjhikā ‘one who has abandoned (?)’) A 114, Nadutarā (Nandottarā) A 119, *Badhikā (Baddhikā ‘one who is bound’) A 42.
3. Wealth, fame, and birth :
(a) Male names─ Dhanabhūti^[10] A 1, A 2, Vasuka^[11] A 46, Seṭaka (Śreshṭhaka)^[12] A 18, fātamita (fitāmitra ?) A 26, *Apikinaka (Apigirṇaka ?) A 67, Yasika (Yaśas ?)^[13] A 136, Gosāla = Tosāla (Gośāla ‘born in a cow-stall’) A 90, *fāta^[14] A 56, * Paṁthaka (Panthaka ‘bore on the way’?)^[15] A 71, Vijitaka ‘one born in the country’ (?) A 104, Suladha (Sulabdha) A 22.
(b) Female name─ Avāsikā (Āvāsikā ‘one who has a residence(?)’).
4. Plants and animals :
(a) Male name─Atimuta (Atimukta)^[16] A 81, Suga, Saga (Śuṅga) A 1, A 2.
(b) Female names─Valimitā (Vellimitrā) A 35, Kujarā (Kuñjarā)^[17] A 10.
5. Unclassified male names :
fahira A 50, Yamiṭa A 103.

Place-Names

   Besides the place-names which occur more than once (cf. p. 2)─viz. Vedisa (six times), Karahakaṭa (five times), Purikā (five times), Moragiri (five times), Chudathīla (thrice), Pāṭaliputa (thrice), Bidikānadikaṭa (twice), Bhojakaṭa (twice), Chikulana(=Chekulana, twice),
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^[1] Hilka l.c.p. 127.
^[2] Chula, Chuladhaka and Chulana do not appear in Hilkas classification under ‘Gestalt and körperliche Eigenschaften’, p. 125.
^[3] Hilka l.c.p. 128.
^[4] Hilka l.c.p. 127.
^[5] Golā ‘a ball’ may refer to the round form of the body. But it could also be derived from the river Godā (= Godāvarī) or from the country of the name ‘Gola’.
^[6] For names compounded with ghosha as second member, see Hilka l.c.p. 130.
^[7] A list of names referring to dress and ornament but not including Kachulā is given by Hilka l.c.p.126.
^[8] Hilka l.c.p. 134.
^[9] Nanda, Nanda-parvata and Nandi-giri occur also as the names of a mountain.
^[10] Hilka l.c.p. 133.
^[11] For compounds with vasu see Hilka l.c.p. 133. For other names derived from the deities called Vasus sec Hilka l.c.p. 88.
^[12] Hilka l.c.p. 131.
^[13] For names referring to fame see Hilka l.c.p. 142.
^[14] For names referring to birth see Hilka l.c.p. 123.
^[15] Cf. Pāṇini, IV, 3.29.
^[16] Hilka l.c.p. 115.
^[17] For names referring to animals, including other names for elephant but not kujarā, see Hilka l.c.pp. 117 ff.