History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.8

v7.c90.8

¹³²⁶ मध्वाहुतयो ह वा एता देवानां यदनुशासनानि विद्या वाकोवाक्यमितिहासपुराणं गाथा नाराशंसीरित्यहरह स्वाध्यायमधीते। शतपथ XI. 5. 6 8. अथाष्टमेऽहन्। मत्स्याश्च मत्स्यहनश्चोपसमेता भवन्ति। तानुपदिशतीतिहासो वेद. सोयमिति कंचिदितिहासमाचक्षीत। अथ नवमेऽहन्। ' 'तानुपदिशति पुराणं वेद. सोयमिति किंचित्पुराणमाचक्षीत। शतपथ XIII 4 3. 12-13. According to the commentary Itihāsa means such cosmological myths as 'in the beginning there was nothing but water' and Purāṇa means stories such as that of Purūravas and Urvaśī Compare गोपथब्राह्मण (ed by Gaastra) I 1 21