Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.17

c16.17

Thus misreadings of *dh* and *v* (or *b*) are not uncommon. Vyuṣitāśva of Ayodhyā is Dhyuṣitāśva in the Vāyu; Suvarman of Dvimīḍha’s line in the Vāyu is Sudharman in the Matsya and Harivaṃśa; and in the Videha line Pratīndhaka of the Rāmāyaṇa is Pratinvaka in the Vāyu and Pratimbaka in the Brahmāṇḍa; and the Bhāgavata by a double misreading transforms Tridhanvan of Ayodhyā into Tribandhana. Similarly Ārādhi of the Paurava line in the Vāyu is Ārāvin in the Viṣṇu; and by a further easy misreading of *r* as *v* in the later script Ārādhi becomes Āvādhīta in the Garuḍa, and by a second easy mistake between *v* and *c* Ārāvin appears as Avācīna in the Mahābhārata (i, 95, 3771). Some of these changes seem to be due to a desire to emend a name so as to make it intelligible.