Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c5.s2.10

v1.c5.s2.10

Incidentally the names of *ṛṣis* or hymn-composers⁴ are referred to as Aṭṭhako, Vāmako, Vāmadevo, Vessāmitto, Yamataggi, Aṅgiraso, Bhāradvājo, Vāseṭṭho, Kassapo, and Bhagu. It is then pointed out that the Brāhmaṇas of Buddha’s time were merely repeaters of the hymns composed by these ancient sages.⁵