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# Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.87

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.87

- **Language:** English

### [c7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.87)

ṣaṭsaḥ kṛtvā mayāpy uktam Purāṇam ṛṣi-sattamāḥ  
Ātreyaḥ Sumatir dhīmān Kāśyapo hy Akṛtavraṇaḥ  
Bhāradvājo ’gnivarcāś ca Vāsiṣṭho Mitrayuś ca yaḥ  
Sāvarṇiḥ Somadattis tu Suśarmā Śāṃśapāyanaḥ  
ete śiṣyā mama proktāḥ Purāṇeṣu dhṛta-vratāḥ 5  
tribhis tatra kṛtās tisraḥ saṃhitāḥ punar eva hi  
Kāśyapaḥ saṃhitā-kartā Sāvarṇiḥ Śāṃśapāyanaḥ  
māmikā ca caturthī syāc catasrā mūla-saṃhitāḥ \*  
sarvās tā hi catuṣpādāḥ sarvārtha-vācikāḥ  
pāṭhāntare pṛthag-bhūtā veda-śākhā yathā tathā 10  
catuḥ-sahasrikāḥ sarvāḥ Śāṃśapāyanikām ṛte  
Lomaharṣaṇikā mūla tataḥ Kāśyapikāparā  
Sāvarṇikā tṛtīyāsau ṛju-vākyārtha-maṇḍitā  
Śāṃśapāyanikā cānyā nodanārtha-vibhūṣitā  
sahasrāṇi ṛcam aṣṭau ṣaṭ śatāni tathaiva ca 15  
etāḥ pañcadaśānyāś ca daśānyā daśabhis tathā.

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