Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c18.138

c18.138

¹ So also if Aulāna in verse 11 is Śantanu’s patronymic (as suggested in Vedic Index i, 129, 378, and possibly rightly), for then Rṣiṣeṇa and Ulāna (?) would have been Pratīpa’s sons and have both died in his lifetime; thus Devāpi and Śantanu would have been first cousins, and practically brothers, their fathers being dead and omitted.