Manubhashya 3.213.p9.n2

3.213.p9.n2

‘Purātanān’—‘Those deities born in this cycle who are called Sādhyas’ (Medhātithi, who adopts this reading only as an alternative, his own reading being ‘purātanāḥ’ explained as ‘the ancient sages’ and construed as nominative to the verb ‘vadanti’);—‘Those whose succession has been uninterrupted since immemorial times’ (Govindarāja, Kullūka and Rāghavānanda);—‘Those who were produced before all other castes’ (Nārāyaṇa)