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is most astounding is the version of RPC which, in some passages, has reckoned Bhagiratha among Sagara's sons and still in another has expressly mentioned him as the son of Jahnu to whom the work has alluded by the patronymic Sāgarı (son of Sagara).
The Svetambara versions, too, though in general agreement with regard to the alient features of the episode, are at mutual variance on the genealogical position of Bhagiratha The VH,37 for instance, makes him the youngest son of Sagara, and the CMC38 and TSPC refer to him as the latter's grand
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Another discrepancy in the different versions is evidenced by Bhagiratha's diverging names in the works in question The VH40 calls him Bhagirahı (Bhagirathi) and thus creates an impression of its being a patronymic after Bhagiratha But as Bhagirahi is expressly mentioned as Sagar's youngest son, so the above conjecture cannot stand scrutiny Next VPC42 and SPC48 style him variously as Bharrah, Bhagirahi, and Bhatrahı These words, however, may be considered as the Prakrit forms of either Bhagirathi or Bhagirathin The CMC44 on the other hand, makes him Bhagiraha, which term may be derived from Bhagiratha and, thus, may mean 'a son or a descendant of Bhagiratha' But in face of the fact that none of this Bhagiratha's ancestors has been accorded the name Bhagiratha,
30 RPC 5 152-54, 277 ard comp 5 284-85
37 ततो राया भागी हि वालपुत्तं श्रारणवेड P 304
38 It refers to Bhagiratha as पत्तपत्त of Sagara ततश्च सगरश्चक्री निज पौत्र भगीरथम् ।
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41 Sec note 37 (above).
42 5 175-76, 201, 203-205, 215
43 5 10 7,5 11 3, 12 1, 14 3 44 PP 70-71
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