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evalution of names are as romantic and wonderous as human history. It is a fascinating subject matter to social scientists in particular and to other sciences in general. Topographic surveyors are keenly interested not only in the names of places but also in the names of physical features and geographical areas. Thus, immense is the scope of onomastics in the context of our national culture in which linguistic elements were fused and forged together. It is a tag which gives us deep insights into our past. As a signifying lable they have an important role in all humen transactions and communications. So to say, names are pivotal spinal cord of human life. They are, therefore, considered as fossilised evidence for the history of places, however, small they may be.
Many names and many confusions
It is an estaltished rule that in geographical naming there should be onlyone name for a place. However, it is our all time experinece that in practice we are all aware that in many cases different names are in vogue, contributing there by to possibleconfusion and putting us in ambiguous situations in various spheres of our activities ranging from polotical planning and administrative compulsions to historical, educational, scientific and commercial aspects.
Naming a place a turning point
Names are a product of man's linguistic attribution to a given object. It is thus not a meaningless entity but cultural neassity to communicate ideas or express its significance or draw the interest or interpret its meaning. Thus, naming a place marks a turning point in the annals of the development of human civilisations.
Three issues in naming a place
There are three main issues pertaining to the place names: One, Selection of a name at the outset. Two, Standardisation of a name at a later stage and Three, of need be arises change of a name. Thus, the importance of these three points needs no emphases. This is particularly of immense magnitude for a big country like ours where there are large number of dialects, scripts, languages, customs, mores and milieus. Local versions of place names, therefore have their own warmth and this fact cannot be ignored.
Need of an hour to formulate place-name studies syllebus
Though the analysis of and study in as well as research in place names have been giving clues to all such scientists linguist, ethnographers,
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| SR No. | 007005 |
| Book Title | World of Philosophy |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave |
| Publisher | Shanti Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 1002 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 30 MB |