Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.16

c12.16

⁶ Bḍ iii, 67, 1–2. Vā 92, 1–2. Br 11, 1–2. Hv 28, 1475–6. These agree, except that Br and Hv call Kṣatravṛddha Vṛddhaśarman. Lg i, 66, 59–60 and Kūr i, 22, 3–4 are similar but name only Nahuṣa. Viṣ iv, 8, 1, Gar 139, 7–8 and Bhāg ix, 17, 1–2 concur in the names. Mat 24, 34–5, Pad v, 12, 87–8 and Ag 273, 16 agree, with different verses. MBh i, 75, 3150 varies. Svarbhānu was a Dānava king, MBh i, 65, 2532; 67, 2648: xii, 227, 8262–7. Cf. Vā 68, 8, 22, 24; Bḍ iii, 6, 8, 23–4; Mat 6, 20–1, and Viṣ i, 21, 6, which say Prabhā was his daughter. Svarbhānu was also a name of Rāhu, MBh v, 109, 3811: vi, 12, 481–8; 102, 4619: cf. Vā 52, 80; 53, 63–5, 83 (confused). The two must be distinguished, but Viṣ iv, 8, 1 (read Rāhor) confuses them. So also the Dānavas Sūrya and Candramas were different from the sun and moon, MBh i, 65, 2534–5: Bḍ iii, 6, 12: Vā 68, 12.