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Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c28.s2.t4: Gargas or Gārgyas

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c28.s2.t4

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Gargas or Gārgyas

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The Gārgyas were a well-known family and were reckoned among the Āṅgirasas, and so also their sub-family of the Sainyas.⁹ Garga and Śini are named as hymn-makers among the Āṅgirasas.¹⁰ Various Gargas¹¹ or Gārgyas are mentioned in tradition; thus, taking them in order, a Gārgya cursed Janamejaya II Pārikṣita for injuring his son (p. 114); another was Vasudeva’s purohita, and was father of Kālayavana,¹ who fought against Kṛṣṇa and was killed. Also Vṛddha Garga² and Kuṇi Garga³ are mentioned; and others.⁴

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⁹ Mat 196, 23, 24 (where for Saitya read Śainya), 48.

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¹⁰ Bd ii, 32, 107. Vā 59, 98. Mat 145, 101.

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¹¹ A Gārgya, ‘son of Viśvāmitra’, is mentioned, MBh xiii, 4, 254.

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¹ Br 14, 48–56. Hv 110, 6163–6; 111, 6243–5; 115, 6428 f. Pad vi, 273, 2.

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² MBh ix, 38, 2132 : xiii, 125, 5996. Mat 229, 2.

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³ MBh ix, 53, 2981.

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⁴ Vedic Index. A folk-tale of ‘Garga’s’ seven disciples and their transmigrations is connected with king Brahmadatta, Mat 19, 12 to 21; Pad v, 10, 46 f. ; &c. It appears in other connexions, e.g. Hv 19, 1013 f. ; &c. Alluded to, MBh xii, 344, 13264–5; Ag 117, 54–5; &c.

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