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2. A'gastya.
B
xvii Pravaras pronounced by the descendants of Agastya :XVIII. Agastya. IVIIL. Agastya. 1. A'gastya, Dårdhyachyuta, Aidhmavâha.
idhmavâ ha. GENEALOGY.*
Kasyapa. Mitra and Varuna. 3. Agastya, Dardhyachyuta, Sâmbhavâha.
A. Agastya. B. Dridhachyuta. 4. A'gastya, Dârdhyachyuta, Saumavâha. 7. Idhmaváha. 5. A gastya, Dardhyachyuta, Yâjñavâha.
A 6. A'gastya, Mâhendra, Mâyobhuva.
7, A'gastya, Paurņamâsa, Paraña. Kshatriyas and Vaisyas also pronounce Pravaras similar to ose pronounced by Brâhmans; but the Nibandhanakâras say at the Vaisyas and Kshatriyas have each only one Pravara named glow; and if there are any who are not the descendants of the I săis named in the Pravara, they should pronounce the Pravaras of 1 eir family-priests. * are to regard all the Vaiśyas and Ksha• yas who do not p: Kaśyapa, - single Pravara named below not
be the descendan , D , al Rishis whose names they actu<ly pronounce, the imaya of the vant intermarrying with members
the same Gotra and i ravara becomes unintelligible. I suppose at they are really the descendants of the ķishis pronounced in
eir respective Pravaras and that, having followed a profession it prescribed for Brâhmans, they are treated as Vaiśyas and
hatriyas. This view is confirmed by the fact that some of the a cestors of the so called Brâhmans were themselves Kshatriyas who anted the Vedas. Kstriyas and Vaisyas. Pravara for Kshatriyas :- Mânava,
Aila, Paurûravasa.
Pravara for Vaiśyas :-Bhâlandana, Vâtsapri, Mankilat ; or Vâtsapri.
GENEALOGY
Brahma.
Vivasvat.
Manu.
câ (marrd to Budha.) Nedishtha.
Puryavas.
Näbbága. Bhalandana
Vatsapri. See Nisimh: Purana 6th adhyaya and Katyayana's Anukramani IX-25, 26 ;-Brihadde
vats V. 125-133. Vide Vihnu Purna. IV. arcu, I. ahvava. Mankit was probably a desconlant of Patsapri,
