[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) › c7.55 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.55 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.55 - **Language:** English ### [c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.55) The phrase \*iti śrutaḥ\* is common.⁷ The words \*śrūyate\*⁸ and \*śrūyante\*⁹ are used of tradition. This use of \*śrūyate\* is set against \*śrūyate\* in brahmanical works; thus, it is often used in the Vedārthadīpikā and always of statements quoted from Vedic literature, but never, I believe, of non-sacred tradition, which is cited simply as an ‘\*itihāsa\*’, or by the word \*smaryate\* in its notice of Rigveda i, 65. - [Previous: c7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.54) - [Next: c7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.56) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.65) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.55) · Pramāṇa