Authorship Of Sastitantram

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system, but did not exist any longer during the classical period which alone is accessible to us.
This conclusion can be corroborated on the basis of another tradition that we come across in the Puranas. Gaudapada at the beginning of his commentary on the Samkhyakārikā quotes a verse that is recited during the Rṣitarpana ceremony:
Sanakaśca Sanandanaśca trtiyaśca sanātanaḥ | Asurih Kapilascaiva vodhuḥ pañcasikhastathā || ityete brahmanah putrāḥ sapta prokta maharṣayah //19)
This verse might be derived from the same source as Matsyapurāṇam 102, 18, if not directly originated from this latter passage:
manusyamstar payedbhaktyā brahmaputrän rṣīmstathā | sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ || kapilaścāsuriscaiva vodhuh pañcaśikhastathā j sarve te trptimāyāntu maddattenāmbunā sadā // 20)
Naturally this passage presupposes the ceremony of sprinkling the water, and so we find the same names mentioned with the same functions also in the Tarpanavidhiḥ of the Atharvavedaparisiṣṭa: Yajnopavitam grīvāyām avalambya sanakādimanusyāms tarpayati [] sanakas tṛpyatu // sanandanas trpyatu // sanatanas tṛpyatu || kapilas trpyatu vodhus tṛpyatu asuris tṛpyatu // pañcasikhas trpyatu .. 21). Hence we are justified in concluding that
"") Gaudapadabhāṣyam on Kā. 1.
According to Garhe (op. cit. p. 64) this verse is recited daily during the Rṣitarpana ceremony. Cf. Vayupurāṇa 101, 337-338:
tatra purvagatasteṣu kumārā brahmanah sutāḥ/ sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtiyaśca sanātanaḥ // vodhuşca kapilasteṣāmāsuriśca mahāyasāḥ/ muniḥ pañcasikhaścaiva ye canye'pyevamādayaḥ /: Padmapurana VI, 257, 121-122:
sandarśanaya yoginām sanakādimahātmanām / sanakaśca sandanaśca tṛtiyaśca sanātanaḥ // sanatkumāro jātaśca vodhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā / saptaite brahmanah putra yoginah sumahaujasaḥ// Atharvavedaparisista 43, 3, 1-7.
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