[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) › c7.47 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.47 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.47 - **Language:** English ### [c7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.47) Similar remarks apply to the word \*śruta\* in such connexions, where it has its brahmanic sense generally.¹⁰ \*Iti naḥ śrutam\* is then applied to late mystic doctrine.¹¹ \*Śrutam\* and \*iti śrutam\* are used sometimes in tales and fables about tīrthas in order apparently to give them a semblance of ancient tradition,¹² just as Veda-vids are cited as vouching for the sanctity of tīrthas on the Godāvarī;¹³ and it is even asserted that that river was celebrated by rishis in the Veda as well as in the Purana.¹⁴ \*Iti śrutaḥ\* is similarly used in this latter way.¹⁵ - [Previous: c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.46) - [Next: c7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.48) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.47) · Pramāṇa