Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t1: Dates of the Genealogies
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s2.t1
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Dates of the Genealogies
v1.c17.s2.t1.1
If proof can be given that these genealogies existed in the days of Alexander, the fact would be interesting. The legend in the Puranas, of the origin of the Lunar race, appears to afford this testimony.
v1.c17.s2.t1.2
Vyasa, the author of the grand epic the Mahabharata, was son of Santanu (of the race of Hari),¹ sovereign of Delhi, by Yojana-gandha, a fisherman’s daughter,² [30] consequently illegitimate. He became the spiritual father, or preceptor, of his nieces, the daughters of Vichitravirya, the son and successor of Santanu.
v1.c17.s2.t1.3
¹ Hari-Kula.
v1.c17.s2.t1.4
² It is a very curious circumstance that Hindu legend gives to two of their most celebrated authors, whom they have invested with a sacred character, a descent from the aboriginal and impure tribes of India: Vyasa from a fisherman, and Valmiki, the author of the other grand epic the Ramayana, from a Baddhik or robber, an associate of the Bhil tribe at Abu. The conversion of Valmiki (said to have been miraculous, when in the act of robbing the shrine of the deity) is worked into a story of considerable effect, in the works of Chand, from olden authority.
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit