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History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.237

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.237

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¹¹²⁸ अष्टाशीतिः सहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वरेतसामृषीणां बभूवुस्तत्रागस्त्याष्टमैऋषिभिः प्रजनोऽभ्युपगतः। तत्रभवतां यदपत्यं तानि गोत्राणि अतोऽन्ये गोत्रावयवाः। महाभाष्य vol. II. p. 233 on the sūtra गोत्रावयवात् (पा. IV. 1. 78). The आप. ध. सू. (II. 9. 23. 3-5) quotes passages from a purāṇa about two sorts of 80000 sages (one group desiring offspring and the other not so desiring). याज्ञ. III. 186-187, सभापर्व 11. 54 contain somewhat similar verses. सभापर्व 11. 54 is ‘अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्। प्रजावतां च पञ्चाशदृषीणामपि पाण्डव॥’. The reference to fifty sages having progeny is probably to the pravara sages, just as Baud. speaks of 49 pravara groups.

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