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the object, thought and action of the society in which he lived-irrespective of whether names are real or not. Most of the names occured in SK were emotional & qualitative. e.g. Aparājita, Amarsena, Kāntimati, Gunachandra, Gunasena, Chitramati, Jayasundari, Mānabhanga, Yashovarma, Vilāsvati et cetera. The second category includes names such as Indradeva, Indraşarmā, Agniśarmā, Candrā, Devanandin, Dharmaghosa, Dhanadeva, Dhanashree, Nandivardhan, Yajnadatta, Lakṣaṇasena, Lakşmikānta, Shridevi, Somadeva et cetera.
These names have been originated from personal names of Gods. Aśokadatta, Kumudini, Kusumāvali, Kālamegha, Candrasara, Samudradatta etc. were the names originated from flowers, counstellation & natural elements. Flora-Fauna
We do get some information about the position of florafauna from SK, Horse, elephant, donkey, rat, frog, parrot, monkey, goat, peacock, swan, dog, lion, snake etc. were the animals refered to in SK. We also know some thing about trees such as magoes, coconut, jasmine etc.
To sum up, it can be concluded, in the light of the facts cited above, that SK provides useful information on varieties of things and aspects of cultures and enhance our knowledge about the past of Rājasthān, for it was written there; but being a Jaina Muni, the author had an advantage of knowing things elsewhere while undertaking Vihāra and hence about our country in general.
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