[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c22.122 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.122 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.122 - **Language:** English ### [c22.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.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. - [Previous: c22.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.121) - [Next: c22.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.123) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.122) · Pramāṇa