[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c20.72 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c20.72 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c20.72 - **Language:** English ### [c20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.72) The number of prayers, \*sandhyās\*, was also tending to increase at about our period. As the etymology of the term \*sandhyā\* shows, the \*sandhyā\* times could obviously not have been more than two in the beginning. A third \*sandhyā\*, however, began to be advocated by some of the Smriti writers of our age. Atri lays down that a twiceborn should recite \*sandhyā\* thrice; (53) Vyāsa concurs and supplies three different names to the three different \*sandhyās\* as Gāyatrī, Sarasvatī, and Sāvitrī respectively. (54) The Nibandha writers accept this theory and prescribe three \*sandhyās\* universally. - [Previous: c20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.71) - [Next: c20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.73) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20) ## Cites (2) - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa-works.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri-works.atri) — Atri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c20.72) · Pramāṇa