[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) › c23.68 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.68 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.68 - **Language:** English ### [c23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.68) We may endeavour to distinguish these two Vasiṣṭhas further as regards their personal names. Kalmāṣapāda’s Vasiṣṭha is called \*brahma-kośa\*,² and twice \*śreṣṭha-bhāj\*.³ Either word might be an epithet or name. The former word appears to be an epithet, ‘treasury of sacred lore,’ because it is joined with other epithets,⁴ and is applied to other rishis also.⁵ \*Śreṣṭha-bhāj\* is rare, and as an adjective, ‘sharing in or possessing the best,’⁶ has no obvious fitness in its context, where it would be quite appropriate as a name; and it is not given to any other rishi as far as I am aware. It may, then, be reasonably taken as a name, and Kalmāṣapāda’s Vasiṣṭha may be distinguished as Śreṣṭha-bhāj. - [Previous: c23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.67) - [Next: c23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.69) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.68) · Pramāṇa