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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.
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भागुरिः
The following 13 nanies of 1 These are the names of PraRșis called Sāmagácāryas, are vacanakartas : taken from the Vamsa Brah
शटिः mana:राणायनिः
भाल्लविः सात्यमुनिः
कालबविः दुर्वासाः
ताण्डिः
वृक गौरुण्डिः
वृषाणकः गौल्गुलविः
रुरुकः भगवानौपमन्यवः
अगस्त्यः दरालः
बट्कशिराः गार्ग्यसावणिः
कहूः वर्षगण्यः कुथुमिः शालिहोत्रः जैमिनिः
The following list of the successive teachers of the Sāma Vēda is taken from the Vamsa Brāhmaṇa, and each Řși was the pupil of the one following. Two Lists are given, the first being long and the second short. The former begins with Sarvadatta and ends with Brahma, the creator, who is supposed to have been the first teacher of the Sāman. Omitting the last six names of deities, the remaining names seem to be historical. The fifty-five successivo teachers who were probably historical personages may have occupied about 1,000 years. Whatever date is assigned to the composition of the Vamsa Brāhmaṇa, the above teachers must be placed before that date. The second list begins with Nayan and ends with Rādhögautama. The gonealogy branches into two lines from Radhögantama downwards, but is the samo for both upwards un to Brahma,
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