History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.65

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¹⁷²⁷ विष्णोर्भागवतान्मगांश्च सवितुः शम्भोः सभस्मद्विजान् मातृणामपि मातृमण्डलविदो विप्रान् विदुर्ब्रह्मणः। शाक्यान्सर्वहितस्य शान्तमनसो नग्नाञ्जिनानां विदुर्ये यं देवमुपाश्रिताः स्वविधिना तैस्तस्य कार्या क्रिया॥ बृहत्संहिता 60.19. Vide Wilson's *Viṣṇupurāṇa* vol. V. p. 382 where an analysis of the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (last 12 chapters) is given. Sāmba being cursed built a temple of Śiva and brought 18 families of Magas from Śakadvīpa, with whom the Bhojas (a sub-division of Yādavas) entered into matrimonial alliances, whence the Magas came to be called Bhojakas. In the Harṣacarita IV Bāṇa speaks of a Bhojaka astrologer called Tāraka who predicts on Harṣa's birth his greatness and the commentator states that 'Bhojaka' means 'Maga'. Vide Sherring's 'Hindu Tribes and Castes' vol. I. pp. 102–103 where he describes the Śākadvīpī brāhmaṇas as Māgadha brāhmaṇas and not as Magas. For Sun-worship and the Magas, vide 'Vaiṣṇavism and Śaivism' pp. 151–155. Vide Weber's essay on the Magavyakti of Kṛṣṇadāsa for the Magabrāhmaṇas and E. I. vol. II. p. 330 ff, the Govindapura stone inscription of the poet Gaṅgādhara, who was a Maga, in śaka 1059 (1137–38 A. D.), where it is said that the Magas were sprung from the (*Continued from last page*) sun's own body, were brought from Śakadvīpa by Sāmba, the son of Kṛṣṇa, and that the first Maga was a Bhāradvāja. Vide also E. I. vol. IX. p. 279 the Ghaṭiyāla Inscriptions (near Jodhpur) of Pratīhāra Kakkaka written by Matṛravi, a Maga, in *saṁvat* 918 (861-62 A. D.) and Bhaviṣyapurāṇa, chap. 139-40 for further details, such as growing beards, being called Bhojakas &c. Bhīṣmaparva chap. 11 describes Sākadvīpa and verse 36 speaks of the country of Maṅgas (Magas?).