- Paperback: 522 pages
- Publisher: Penguin India (Aug 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140128417
- ISBN-13: 978-0140128413
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 440 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #505,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The prodcut of several years of research, this is a comprehensive compilation of Hindu names in current use. The meaning of each of the 20,000 names in the volume is extensively discussed and information on sources and usage is also provided. The book is cross-referenced to make it easier to use.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Reference,
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This review is from: Penguin Book of Hindu Names (Paperback)
Its a collection of Hindu names with meanings, pronunciation. Its a good reference for selecting the Hindu names for the to-be parents.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection of names; but poor book for baby names,
By DrU (Carrollton,TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Book of Hindu Names (Paperback)
This is a great piece of scholarly work -- a vast compilation of Hindu names. But if you're looking for a source of unique baby names, this book will frustrate you a lot.Other reviewers have already highlighted the user un-friendliness of the book ... small font, mixing of gender, confusing Sanskrit classical spelling -- with all of which I agree. So I'll elaborate on the names themselves. After going through more than 20,000 names in this book, I doubt if you will 'yield' more than 50 names of either gender that would serve as unique names for your baby. The book gives no consideration to whether the name is for a human, whether it is acceptable, and whether it is pronounceable. For example, who in the right mind would name their son Sadaparibhuta (always in fear), or their daughter Dakini (a witch)?! And would you really want a long name like Mahasahasrapramardini?! The book is filled with such mythological names, so the acceptable ones are needles in the haystack. However, to be fair to Maneka Gandhi, she has never touted this as a source of names for your baby. Her introduction does make it clear that she just intended this to be a work of scholarship. It is the readers who are construing this to be a book of baby names.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Penguin Book of Hindu Names (Paperback)
We wanted a short, lyrical sanskrit name for our baby - which also should mean something special.I was not happy with my first purchase of a dictionary of sanskrit names by Integral Yoga publications. I bought this book and was surprised to find that it contains all that and more. I have seen reviews which say that names for boys and girls are together in this book which is an incovenience. The reason is that the root for the names is the same. It does not make sense to seggregate them. I am saving this book for our next baby. Hope the review helps. Good luck!
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