Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c31.92

c31.92

By the time of king Brahmadatta of S. Pañcāla (pp. 148, 165) the collections of hymns appear to have been largely constituted, for they were definitely combined into a whole by his two ministers,⁶ Kaṇḍarīka (or Puṇḍarīka) and Subālaka (or Gālava) Bābhravya Pañcāla.⁷ Kaṇḍarīka is described as *dvi-veda*, *chandoga* and *adhvaryu*,⁸ and as the promulgator (*pravartaka*) of the Veda-śāstra.⁹ Bābhravya Pañcāla was *bahvṛca* and *ācārya*¹⁰ and knew all the śāstras;¹¹ he composed the Śikṣā¹ and instituted it;² he also devised the Krama, mastered it thoroughly and instituted it.³ This tradition is corroborated by the statement in Vedic literature that Bābhravya Pāñcāla was the author of the Kramapāṭha of the Ṛk-saṃhitā,⁴ though it gives no clue to his position or time.