Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.104

c23.104

The Matsya says that Parāśara’s descendants composed six pravaras, sub-families, named Gaura, Nīla, Kṛṣṇa, Śveta, Śyāma and Dhūmra;² but the genealogy says they formed eight pakṣas, ‘groups,’ namely, six bearing those six names and two others, which the readings leave doubtful but of which one seems probably Bādarika.