Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.19

c31.19

³ MBh i, 75, 3153. Cf. Pad v, 17, 179; 19, 141. Developed into a long brahmanical fable, MBh v, 10 to 17, which calls him abrahmanya (14, 469) and a hater of brahmans (17, 556), and glorifies Agastya (an anachronism) who turned him into a snake for his impiety. Told briefly, MBh xii, 344, 13214–6: xiii, 99, 4753 to 100, 4806. Alluded to, MBh iii, 103, 8777: Lg i, 29, 28. Freed therefrom by Yudhiṣṭhira, MBh iii, 178, 12386 to 181, 12533: xiii, 100, 4800–3—a necessary supplementary fable.