[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) › c23.91 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.91 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.91 - **Language:** English ### [c23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.91) There are reasonable grounds then, chronological and textual, for holding that there were two Parāśaras, and there is no improbability in this, for there were other Parāśaras later still; see chapter XXVII. The same names reappeared, as is proved by the fact that one of Kṛṣṇa Vyāsa's grandsons also was called Kṛṣṇa as the genealogy (lines 2-6) and other authorities that will be noticed say. To this later Parāśara,¹ who lived in Śantanu's time, we may fairly attach the epithet Sāgara or Svāgaja. Svāgaja is not grammatically a properly formed patronymic, but Sāgara is; hence we may prefer the latter and distinguish him as Sāgara, ‘son of Sagara’.² The genealogy would then have blended the two Parāśaras,³ just as it will now be shown to have confused two Śukas, yet its preservation of these two epithets has saved some trace of the distinction. - [Previous: c23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.90) - [Next: c23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.92) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23.91) · Pramāṇa