History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c34.231

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¹⁶⁵⁸ Yoga-Yājñavalkya quoted by Aparārka pp. 138-139 gives the same names of devatās and of the divine pitṛs as the Snānasūtra. Vide Manu III. 195-199 for अग्निष्वात्ताः, सोमपाः and बर्हिषदः that are all pitṛs of various kinds. बृहत्पराशर 3rd chap. p. 74 (Jīvānanda, part 2) says that all from Kavyavāḍ Anala to Barhiṣads are divine pitṛs (divyāḥ pitaraḥ). Vide Sabhāparva 11. 45 for seven groups (gaṇas) of pitṛs, four of whom are said to be corporeal and three disembodied. Kārṣṇājini quoted by Aparārka p. 138 says that the seven sages from Sanaka to Pañcaśikha are the sons of Brahmā.