Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.37

c31.37

There is nothing in the names of the great brahman families inconsistent with this conclusion. Kaśyapa may be non-Aryan, for it invites comparison with kaśipu in the name of the Daitya monarch Hiraṇyakaśipu. Aṅgiras and Atri might be non-Aryan quite as well as Aryan. The only names that ostensibly are Sanskrit are Bhṛgu and Vasiṣṭha, and yet strangely enough they are those that are most definitely connected with non-Aryans, for the Vasiṣṭhas were originally priests to the Mānavas of Ayodhyā, and the two earliest Bhṛgus were associated, Cyavana with the Mānavas of Ānarta, and Uśanas-Śukra with the Daityas and Dānavas. The Sanskritic look of their names then does not prove Aryan origin;