[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) › c7.48 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.48 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.48 - **Language:** English ### [c7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.48) The use of \*śruti\* for ordinary tradition is thus well-established in the earlier parts of the Puranas and especially in those containing kṣatriya tradition. When there was need to distinguish Vedic tradition, it was cited as \*Vaidikī śruti\*;¹ and so also Vedic \*gāthās\*² and Vedic \*mantras\*³ were distinguished from ordinary \*gāthās\* and Puranic \*mantras\* by the same epithet. Sometimes the word \*laukika\* was added to distinguish ordinary or popular matters from Vedic, as in the cases of \*dharma\*,⁴ \*vidyā\*⁵ and \*śabda\*.⁶ - [Previous: c7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.47) - [Next: c7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.49) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.48) · Pramāṇa