The hindu-names was cannibalized from a news article:

From: B.Kumar@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: FAQ: list of Hindu names..
Message-ID: <3273@ucl-cs.uucp>
Date: 26 Nov 92 12:49:10 GMT

I know nothing of Hindi (I do not even know whether all the names
here are Hindi...) but I did it, anyway.  I was even so bold as to
add a few names I know I _think_ are Indian.  The blame is mine,
the kudos is B. Kumar's.

++jhi@ftp.funet.fi;
