Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.122

c22.122

The genealogy says there were seven pakṣas or groups among the Bhārgavas, named Vatsa, Bida, Ārṣiṣeṇa, Yaska, Vainya or Pathya, Śaunaka and Mitreyu,⁶ and the Matsya list mentions them all ⁷ except Vainya or Pathya, but Pathya is obviously a mistake for Pṛthya, and Vainya and Pṛthya are the same, viz. those who claimed descent from Pṛthu son of Vena, for Vainya Pṛthu is included in a list of eighteen Bhārgava hymn-makers,⁸ and appears as Venya Pṛthī in Rigveda x, 148, 5. That list names Bida,⁹ Ārṣiṣeṇa and Śaunaka also and fourteen others.