Literary notes about Designation (AI summary)
In literature the term "designation" functions as much more than a mere name—it encapsulates roles, attributes, and even cultural connotations. In historical narratives it is used to infuse local expressions with layered meaning, as when Rajasthan’s "Chitram" is described as a picture that challenges negative associations ([1]) or when a tract is ominously labeled the "unhappy plain" ([2]). Beyond locative identifiers, designation appears in discussions of social and occupational identity, such as asserting that Kshatriya is an occupational rather than an ethnic marker ([3]), and it plays a role in religious texts where divine entities or forces like the wind are given symbolic titles ([4]). The word is also applied technically in academic discourse, for instance in categorizing grammatical forms ([5]), as well as in creative literature where it underscores a character’s assigned role or rank—consider the choice of "Captain" over "Chamberlain" ([6]).
- The inhabitants of the desert term it Chitram , literally ‘the picture,’ by no means an unhappy designation.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - [15] This 27 designation, however, of Dasht-i Bedaulat, or ‘unhappy plain,’ was given to the tract between the cities beforementioned [24].
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - Dr. Vincent A. Smith holds that the term Kshatriya was not an ethnical but an occupational designation.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - In the Rigveda it is predominantly a designation of the gods, and in the Avesta it denotes, in the form of Ahura, the highest god of Zoroastrianism.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - The forms of the infinitive are commonly and conveniently called tenses, though this designation is not strictly applicable.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - I have chosen the designation "Captain" rather than "Chamberlain."
— from Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
