Pun.ya-jana-s as Naks.atra-s

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Pun.ya-jana-s (Vayu Puran.a 2:8:149-152)

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Naks.atra-s

regents

1

Siddha-artha

     

2

Surya-teja

     

3

Sumanta

     

4

Nandana

     

5

Kanyaka "virginal"

2

Rohin.i "girl in her 1st menstruation"

 

6

Yavika "derived from barley"

3

 

Soma: because said in the Veda to be strained, must be ergot (rye-derived)

7

Man.i-datta

[4]

   

8

Vasu

5

Punar-vasu -- punar "again":

 

9

Sarva-anu-bhuta "all again having become"

 

implying [all of the 8 of them] re-becoming

 

10

S`ankha

     

11

Pinga-aks.a

     

12

Bhiru

     

13

Manadara-s`obhi

     

14

Padma "red-waterlily"

6

Pus.ya "flower"

 

15

Candra-prabha

[7]

   

16

Magha-purn.a

8

Magha

 

17

Su-bhadra

[9]

   

18

Pra-dyota

[10]

   

19

Maha-ojas

[11]

   

20

Dyuti-mant

[12]

   

21

Ketu-mant "banner-possessing"

13

 

Vayu, possessor of banners

22

Mitra

15

 

Mitra

23

Mauli

17

Mula

 

24

Su-dars`ana, name of a staff (carried by samnyasin-s)

18-19

As.ad.ha "a staff"