Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c10.124

c10.124

All tales however narrated in the genealogies are not kṣatriya tradition, and some are patently brahmanical, such as those of the rishi Saubhari and Māndhātṛ’s fifty daughters,⁵ of king Vasumanas,⁶ and of king Jayadhvaja and his brothers.⁷ The first is a pure brahmanic marvel, the second conveys a brahmanic discourse, and the third extols Viṣṇu’s supremacy. The contrast between these and true kṣatriya tradition is striking and unmistakable, and such stories inserted in the genealogies are generally found only in the later Puranas.