Beautiful Names of Ancient Kashmiri  Women!

Compiled by london swaminathan

Article No 1583; Dated 17th January 2015.

 

R S Pandit who translated Rajatarangini (River of Kings in Sanskrit) gives this intereting information about Kashmiri women:

 

“Names of women mentioned by Kalhana (in 12th Century CE)  are still current among the Kashmiri Brahmins both in Kashmir and the plains of India. Some of the names such as Valga, Nona, Silla are of interest.Valga, the favourite of Queen Didda, grand daughter of the Sahi was probably an Aryanised Turk and Silla and Sulia are Iranian names. Among the names of men Daryaka and Toramana are respectively Iranian and Turkish in origin”.

 

Ambikaputrikaa (Canto/Taranga 8, sloka 1648)

Amrtalekhaa (2-148, 3-463, 4-659)

Anangalekhaa (3-484)

Anjanaa (3-105)

Aasamati (7-1487)

Bappatadevi (5-282)

Bappikaa (7-1128)

Bhinnaa (3-464)

Bhuvanamati (7-582)

Bijjaa (8-3343)

Bijjalaa (8-287)

Bimbaa (3-482)

Cakramardikaa (4-213)

Candalaa (7-1121)

Candraavati (1-321)

Caandri (7-1490)

Cintaa (8-3352)

Devalekhaa (8-1443)

Diddaa(6-177)

Dilhaa (7-331)

 

(From here onwards,  I dont give the references in Rajatarangini; those who want the respective Taranga and Sloka can get it from page 735 of Rajatarangini. But I have given the full references to scholars and poets  referred to by Kalhana, at the end)

 

Gaggaa (5-251)

Gajjaa

Gunadevi

Gunalekhaa

 

Hamsi

 

Indradevi

Iraavati

IIsaanadevi

 

Jajjalaa

Jayaadevi

Jayalakshmi

Jayamati

 

Kalhanikaa

Kalyaanadevi

Kamalaa

Kamalaavatii

Kavyaadevi

Kavyaa

Khaadanaa

Ksemaa

Ksillikaa

Kumudalekhaa

Lothikaa

Mallaa

Mammaa

Mammanikaa

Manjarikaa

Mankhanaa

Meghaavalii

Menilaa

Mrgavatii

 

Naagaa

Naagalathaa

Naagalekhaa

Nandaa

Narendraprabhaa

Nonaa

Nonikaa

 

Padmalekhaa

Padmasrii

Padmaavatii

Prakaasadevii

 

Raddaadevii

Rajalakshmi

Rajyasrii

Raamalekhaa

Ramanyaa

Ranaarambhaa

Ratnaadevii

Ratnaprabhaa

Ratnaavalii

Rattaa

Sahajaa

Saambavatii

Sammaa

Saaradaa

Sillaa

Somaladevii

Srilekhaa

Subataa

Sugalaa

Sugandaa

Suaa

Surendravatii

Suryamatii

Sussalaa

Suyyaa

 

Svetaa

 

Tejalaadiinaa

Thakkanaa

Tilottamaa

Trailokyadevii

Uddaa

Valgaa

Vallabhaa

Vimlaprabhaa

Yasomatii

Yasovatii

Yukadevii

 

Many of these names are found in the Lalita Sahasranama and other Sahasranamas! It is very interesting to note how our people named their children at least 1000 years ago.

 

Poets and Scholars mentioned by Kalhana

 

Aanandhavardhana (Poet)- Taranga 5, sloka 34

Bappata – 4-214

Bhartmentha (poet)-3-260

Bhavabuti (poet) 4-144

Bilhana (poet) 7-937

Candaka (poet) – 2-16

Cataka (poet) 4-497

Chavillaakara 1-19

Damodara Gupta 4-496

Helaraja  1-17

Bhatta Kallata 5-66

 

(Famous Tamil poets from very early age in Tamil literature bear the name Kallata!!)

 

Ksemendra (poet) 1-13

Ksiira (grammarian) 4-489

Mamma (Musician) 7-299

Mankha (poet) 8-3354

Manoratha 4-497

Matrgupta (poet) 3-129

Naayaka 5-159

Panini (Grammarian) 4-635

Ratnakara (poet) 5-34

Samdhimat (poet) – 4-497

Sankadatta (poet) 4-497

Sankuka (poet)  4-705

Sivaratha (scholar) 8-111

Suvrata 1-11

Thakkiya 4-494

Vaakpatiraja 4-144

Vasunanda (author of Art of Love) 1-337

 

Kalhana was a great scholar. He had mentioned so many poets and scholars who lived at least 1000 years before our time.

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