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(3) family genealogy (kula); (4) heretics or heresy (pasamda); (5) groups (gaña); and (6) (names given to children) to ensure (their) survival
(jiviyaheu); (7) name (given) according to (one's) wish (abhippāuya
ņāma //85//
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285. Then what is the name according to the lunar mansions ? The following are the names according to the lunar mansions :
: A person born in the lunar mansion of Kattiya (Pleiades) is (named) Kattia. (Similarly, the following names are formed): Kattidinna (a person bestowed by the Kattiyā), Katlidhamma (a person following Kattiya in his religion), Kattisamma (a person looking to Kattiya for happiness), Kattideva (a person honouring Kattiya as god), Kattidāsa (a person who is servant to Kattiya), Kattisena (a person who is a defender of Kattiya), Kattirakkhia (a person protected by Kattiyā). (Similarly), a person born in the lunar mansion called Rohini (Aldebaran, wheeled vehicle) is (called) Rohiņia, (similarly,) Rohiņidinna, Rohinidhamma, Rohiņisamma, Rohinideva, Rohiņidāsa, Rohirisena, and Rohinirakkhia. Similarly, the names are to be framed according to the names of all the lunar mansions. The following are the epitomic verses (giving the names of the lunar mansions) :
(i) Kattiya (Pleiades), (ii) Rohiri (Aldebaran), (iii) Migasira (Orionis), (iv) Adda (Orionis), and (v) Punavvas ī (Geminorum), and (vi) Pussa (Cancri); then (vii) Assilesā (Hydrae), (viii) Maghā (Leonis), and two (ix-x) Phaggunis (Leonis) (of Uitara and Puvva) //86/8
There are also (xi) Hattha (Corvi), (xii) Città (Spica), (xiii) Sādi (Arcturus), (xiv) Visāhā (Librae), and (xv) Anurāhā (Scorpionis), (xvi) Jetha (Scorpionis), (xvii) Müla (Scorpionis), (xviii) Puvvāsādha (Sagittarii), (and) similarly (xix) Uttarā (-sādha, Sagittarii) //871/
There are again (xx) Abhii (Lyra), (xxi) Savana (Aquilae), (xxii) Dhanittha (Delphinis or Dolphin), (xxiii) Satibhisada (Aquarii), and two (xxiv-xxv) Bhaddavayās (Pegasi) (eastern and nothern), (xxvi) Revati (Piscium), (xxvii) Assiņi (Arietis), and (xxviii) Bharani (Arietis). This is the serial order of the lunar mansions //88//
This is the name) according to the lunar mansions,
1, See Antiquities of India, by Dr. L. D. Barnett, Calcutta, 1964 (second reprint)
p. 210ff.
