Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.18

c24.18

¹ ‘Aṅgiras’ is called father of the three, and confused with the primaeval rishi, MBh i, 66, 2569. ² He is wrongly made to instruct Māndhātṛ Yauvanāśva in a brahmanical story, MBh xii, 90, 3362. An absurd fable is told about him, saying his wife was Soma’s daughter Bhadrā, xiii, 154, 7240–63. Called Aṅgiras in both. ³ ‘Bṛhaspati’ is wrongly made to instruct Vasumanas, king of Kosala, in a brahmanical story, MBh xii, 68, 2536–41. He is called Aṅgiras, ibid, 2595. ⁴ He was an Āṅgirasa, MBh xiv, 10, 281; younger brother of Bṛhaspati xii, 29, 913. ⁵ So also Vā 64, 26: Bd ii, 38, 27. ⁶ MBh xiii, 30, 1963, See pp. 154 and 164. ⁷ MBh i, 104, 4193–4, 4205, say he had a wife Pradveṣī and sons Gautama, &c., before he was set adrift. ⁸ MBh ii, 20, 802. ⁹ So, apparently, Bṛhadd iii, 125; MBh xii, 343, 13184. But sometimes Gautama is treated as an earlier patronymic, being given to him and his younger brother, Mat 48, 53, 84. This name (go-tama) has no doubt some connexion with the allegation of his immoral imitation of cattle, Vā 99, 47–61, 88–92; Bd iii, 74, 47–61, 90–4; Mat 48, 43–56, 79–84. ¹⁰ MBh ii, 20, 798–805 says the sons were born there. ¹¹ Or Kṛṣṇāṅga, as some copies of Vā read.