Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.90

c31.90

The next stage to be noticed is that the division of *ṛc*, *yajus* and *sāman* had apparently come into existence before the time of Hiraṇyanābha, king of Kosala, because he and his disciple, king Kṛta, constructed *saṃhitās* of *sāmans*, which were called the ‘eastern *sāmans*’,⁵ and the chanters of them were called Kārtas (p. 173). Here also appears the influence of kṣatriyas. This and the following compilation were in the Dvāpara age, and the statement above that the Vedas were arranged in that age is true.