Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.29

c12.29

² Bḍ iii, 68, 15–16. Vā 93, 15–17. Br 12, 4–6. Hv 30, 1603–4. Lg i, 66, 64–6. Kūr i, 22, 7–8. Similarly Ag 273, 21–3, Viṣ iv, 10, 1–2 and Bhāg ix, 18, 29–33; also Gar 139, 18. Mat 24, 52–4 and Pad v, 12, 105–7 say the same in different verses; and MBh i, 75, 3158–60; 95, 3760–2. Cf. MBh i, 84; 85: Br 146, 2–7. Turvasu is called Turvaśa in Vedic literature. The sons are said to be four and are wrongly named in late fables in Pad ii, 64, 11–12; 77, 105: and 109, 49–55, where the genealogy is corrupt—an instance of the vitiation of genealogies by late story-makers. The story of Yayāti, Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā at great length, Mat 25 to 32; MBh i, 78 to 83: differently, Rām vii, 58; 59.