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# Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.93

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c22.93

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### [c22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22.93)

⁹ So genealogy: also Vā 65, 94: Bd iii, 1, 98. \*Brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatradharmāṇam\*, MBh xiii, 56, 2914. Why Jamadagni’s uncle, the kṣatriya Viśvāmitra, became a brahman, and Jamadagni’s son Rāma became virtually a terrible kṣatriya, was explained by a fable about two \*carus\* given to Jamadagni’s and Viśvāmitra’s mothers; MBh iii, 115, 11055-67: xii, 49, 1722-44: xiii, 4, 220-46: and the Kānyakubja genealogies (p. 99): noticed, MBh xiii, 56, 2914-17.

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## Cites (3)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.1.98) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.4.94) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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