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Ind. Ant., I, 122). That the Vāhīkas were held in disrepute is also proved by verse 41 of the Karnaparvan, which says:
Vahiśca nāma Hīkaśca Vipāśāyām Piśācakau
Tayorapatyam Vāhīkā naisā systih prajāpateh.' According to this verse, Vahi and Hīka were names of two Piśācas (demons) of the Vipāśā river (Beas). Their descendants, the Vāhīkas, were not (worthy of being called) 'a creation of Prajāpati' (the Creator).
