The History of Indian Literature c8.314

c8.314

¹²⁶ In the very same way, the *Mágadha*—explained by Sāyaṇa as *Magadhadeśotpanno brahmachárí*—is contemptuously introduced by the Sútrakára (probably Baudkáyana ?) to T. S., vii. 5. 9. 4, in association with a *puńśchalí*; see *I. St.*, xii. 330.—That there were good Brahmans also in Magadha appears from the name *Magadhavásí*, which is given to Prátibodhíputra, the second son of Hrasva Máṇḍúkeya, in Śáṅkh. Ár., vii. 14.