[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) › c32.65 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.65 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.65 - **Language:** English ### [c32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.65) ⁹ Cf. the story of Jabālā and her son Satyakāma, who were later (infra); Chāndogya Up. iv, 4, 1–2. Cf. Vedic Index i, 273, 479–80; ii, 84, 259. As regards polyandry, MBh i, 195, 7244 to 196, 7271. Was the description of a brahman by adding putra to his mother’s name (a practice that prevailed about this period) due to such laxity? Weber, Hist. of Ind. Lit., pp. 71, 131 : where Kṛṣṇa Devakīputra, the scholar, is plainly different from Kṛṣṇa the king; so Vedic Index, i, p. 184. Kṛṣṇa was a very common name, and Devaka (and therefore the feminine Devakī) an ordinary name. - [Previous: c32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.64) - [Next: c32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.66) - [Up: c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32) ## Cites (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.4.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32.65) · Pramāṇa