Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s5.25

c11.s5.25

At *Āsandīvant*, the capital of the kingdom of the Kuru king Janamejaya, a horse-sacrifice was performed by the Ṛishi Indrota Daivāpa Śaunaka [*Śat.*, xiii, 5, 4]. The *Aitareya Brāhmaṇa* mentions Tura Kāvasheya as the Ṛishi of Janamejaya [viii, 14, 4; 19, 2]. At the sacrifice of Kraivya, "the Pañchāla king," at a place called *Parivakrā*, the immense offering was divided "among the Brahmins of the Pañchālas from every quarter" so that it must have been the occasion for a great gathering of learned men [*Śat.*, ib.]. Near the lake of *Dvaitavana* in the country of the Matsyas was the scene of the sacrifice of its King Dhvasan Dvaitavana [ib.]. Then there were the sacrifices of Bharata Dauḥshanti with his priest Dīrghatamas Māmateya in the country of *Mashṇāra* where he distributed as gifts innumerable elephants with white tusks and golden trappings; innumerable cows to 1,000 Brahmins of the country named *Sāchīguṇa*; and kept 78 steeds in a place on the *Yamunā* and 55 in the place named *Vṛitrāghna* on the *Gaṅgā* [ib.; *Ait. Br.*, ib.]. At the sacrifice of Ṛishabha Yājñatura, king of the *Śviknas*, the Brahman-folk assembled divided between them the offering-gifts [*Śat.*, ib.]. At the sacrifice of the *Pāñchāla* King Śoṇa Sātrāsāha, the assembled Brahmins became satiated with wealth [ib.]. There were sacrifices performed on the *Sarasvatī* and *Dṛishadvatī* of which minute descriptions are given [*Pañchav. Br.*].