Vishnu Purana on personal names

[Rolf Heiner Koch]

Why did you sent this message to Indology?
Mfg RHK
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Datum: Mittwoch, 29. April 1998 00:39
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>I have come across the folllowing slokas in viSNu
purANa on "How a
>person's name should be?"
>
>nArthahInaM ca cAsastaM nApazabdayutaM tathA
>nAmaGglyaM jugupsyaM vA nAma kuryAt samAkSaraM
>nAtidIrghaM nAtihrasvaM nAtigurvakSarAnvitaM
>sukhOccAryaM  tu tannAma kuryAd yatpravaNAkSaraM
(3.10.10-11)
>
>" you shoud give a name which is not meaningless,
not unacceptable,
>not ungrammatical,  not inauspicious,
non-revulsive, of balanced letters,
>not very long, not very short, of not too many
long (guru) letters,
>easily prnounceable and of conquering letters(?)"
>
>Gita Press edition gives "yatpravaNAkSaraM" =
ending with
>a hrasva.
>
>Please do not try to point out that my name
violates quite a few
>of these rules. I know it!
>
>regards,
>
>sarma.
>