[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c31.45 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.45 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.45 - **Language:** English ### [c31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.45) ⁶ J. Kennedy expressed a somewhat similar view (JRAS, 1920, p. 40), after I reached this conclusion. Pad vi, 230, 20 says, ‘Of yore in the Kṛta age brahmans were \*tapasvins\*, a non-brahman was never a \*tapasvin\*’. Magical powers were ascribed to the earliest rishis and magical wiles to the Daityas and Dānavas. Cf. Hastings’ \*Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics\*, v, 1–2. - [Previous: c31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.44) - [Next: c31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.46) - [Up: c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.230.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31.45) · Pramāṇa