Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c9.59
Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c9.59
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c9.59
⁷ Śatapatha Brāhm (xiii, 4, 3, 12) says, King Matsya Sāmmada and his people were water-dwellers. This cannot refer to the Matsya country and people, for their country was anything but watery; so matsya must mean ‘fish’. Vedārth on Rigv viii, 67 says he was a fish.
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit