[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) › c7.46 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.46 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.46 - **Language:** English ### [c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.46) This meaning of \*śruti\* does not, I believe, occur in later brahmanic additions nor in the latest Puranas that are frankly sectarian. In passages enunciating purely brahmanic matter, which are later additions, \*śruti\* appears in its ordinary brahmanic sense and is generally restricted to ‘sacred text or tradition’,⁴ as for instance in the brahmanic māhātmya of the river Godāvarī called Gautamī Gaṅgā,⁵ and when it is contrasted with \*smṛti\*,⁶ and in other brahmanic passages;⁷ also it is used at times with the word \*Veda\*, seemingly as meaning sacred tradition.⁸ Sometimes its precise import is not quite clear.⁹ - [Previous: c7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.45) - [Next: c7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.47) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.46) · Pramāṇa