Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.40

v2.c4.s3.40

¹⁰ Vedische Mythologie, 1, 111. His view is that Sudās and the Bharatas were later comers than the Tṛtsus, who joined them as one people, the Vasiṣṭhas becoming the priests of the Bharatas. He suggests that the Vasiṣṭhas were not originally adherents of the Indra-Soma cult, but were specially devoted to the Varuṇa cult; but there is no decisive evidence for either suggestion. Cf. Bloomfield, as cited in n. 7.