Studies in the Epics and Puranas c8.110

c8.110

⁵⁷ About the names and number of these mind-born sons the Purāṇas do not agree; their number is variously given as 7, 9, 10 or 11. The Mahābhārata contains the original enumeration of 7; the Vāyu P., of 8; Viṣṇu P., Padma P., Bhāgavata P., Liṅga P., Mārkaṇḍeya P., Brahmāṇḍa, have their number as 9; the Matsya P., Bhāgavata P., have 10; cf. KİRFEL, Das Purāṇa Pañcalakṣaṇa. Intr.