Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c28.s1.t1: Viṣṇuvṛddhas and Hārītas
Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c28.s1.t1
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Viṣṇuvṛddhas and Hārītas
c28.s1.t1.1
The chief development in the Solar race occurred among the descendants of king Māndhātṛ (p. 93), who was reckoned a kṣatriyan brahman,¹ and their genealogy stands thus according to four Puranas²:—
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¹ He and Purukutsa, Vā 91, 115–16: Bḍ iii, 66, 86–7.
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² Lg i, 65, 39–43. Kūr i, 20, 25–8. Vā 88, 71–5 and 79 b and c (see p. 81). Bḍ iii, 63, 72–3 (incomplete). Almost similarly, Viṣ iv, 2, 19; 3, 5, 12: Bhāg ix, 6, 34–8; 7, 1–4. Cf. Gar i, 138, 22–3.
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The texts say the Viṣṇuvṛddhas and Hārītas were kṣatriyan brahmans⁴ and joined the Āṅgirasas; accordingly both are mentioned in the vaṃśa of the Āṅgirasas.⁵ Nothing more appears to be said about them.⁶
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⁴ Cf. Vā 91, 117: Bḍ iii, 66, 88.
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⁵ Vā 65, 107. Bḍ iii, 1, 111. Mat 196, 33, 39, where read probably Viṣṇuvṛddha for Viṣṇusiddhi.
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⁶ Two Hārītas, Vedic Index i, 184: Pad vi, 220, 43.
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