History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.39
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.39
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²⁵⁵⁹ The Śat. Br. XIV. 1. 1. 10-11 explains by a legend the names gharma, pravargya, mahāvīra and samrāṭ. तद् (विष्णोः शिरः) घृङ्ङिति पपात। तत्पतित्वासावादित्योऽभवद्यच्चेतरे प्राङेव प्रावृज्यत तद्यद् घृङ्ङित्यपतत्तस्माद्घर्मोऽथ यत्प्रावृज्यत तस्मात्प्रवर्ग्यः। ते देवा अब्रुवन्। महान्बत नो वीरोऽपादीति तस्मान्महावीरस्तस्य यो रसो व्यक्षरत्तं पाणिभिः संममृजुस्तस्मात् सम्राट्। शतपथ XIV. 1. 1. 10-11. The Śat. Br. further on (XIV. 1. 1. 18ff) says that Dadhyan̄ Ātharvaṇa knew the doctrine of Pravargya (called Madhu) and imparted it to Aśvins and refers to Ṛg. I. 116. 12.
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit