This article examines the elaborate rules governing personal names in early Indian society. Drawing on the Grhya‑sutras and Vedic literature, it shows that a person traditionally had four names: one…
In this note the author clarifies a common misreading of the title ‘Karana’ borne by an official named Lokanitha. Some historians had assumed that Lokanitha belonged to the Karana caste, a scribal…