[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) › c23.38 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.38 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.38 - **Language:** English ### [c23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.38) The fourth noted Vasiṣṭha was priest to Mitrasaha Kalmāṣapāda Saudāsa, king of Ayodhyā; the fifth was priest to Dilīpa II Khaṭvāṅga; the sixth was priest to Daśaratha and his son Rāma; and the seventh was priest to Paijavana Sudās (Sudāsa), king of N. Pañcāla (p. 116). The fifth is sometimes introduced as having instructed Dilīpa,⁵ and they are the dramatis personae in the first three cantos of the Raghuvamśa,⁶ where (i, 59) the epithet Atharvanidhi is given him. This may be taken as a name for him, and he may therefore be known as Atharvanidhi II, to distinguish him from the third Vasiṣṭha. The sixth holds a prominent position in the Rāmāyaṇa, but no special personal epithet seems to be applied to him. - [Previous: c23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.37) - [Next: c23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.39) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.38) · Pramāṇa