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Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.50

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.50

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c22.50

⁵ The Vā reading brahmiṣṭhā sura-yājakāḥ is clearly wrong and should be brahmiṣṭhāsura-yājakāḥ for brahmiṣṭhāḥ asura-yājakāḥ by double sandhi as is not uncommon in the Puranas. Cf. Viṣ i, 17, 48, where Bhārgavas were purohitas to the Daitya king Hiraṇyakaśipu.

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