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GRIHYA-SUTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
2. Visvamitra, Gamadagni, Bharadvàga and Gautama, Atri, Vasishtha, Kasyapa : these are the seven Rishis.
3. Wearing their sacrificial cords below (round their body) they arrange towards the north, at a place that is inclined towards the north, seats of northward-pointed Darbha grass, so that they end in the east, for Visvâmitra, Gamadagni, Bharadvaga, Gautama, Atri, Vasishtha, Kasyapa.
4. Between Vasishtha and Kasyapa they arrange (a seat) for Arundhati, (the wife of Vasishtha);
5. Towards the south, in a place inclined towards the east, for Agastya.
6. Then for the (following) teachers, ending with those who teach (only) one Veda (?), viz. for Krishna Dvaipayana, Gâtäkarnya, Taruksha, Trinabindu, Varmin, Varůthin, Vagin, Vâgasravas, Satyasravas, Susravas, Sutasravas, Somasushmâyana, Satvavat, Brihaduktha Vâmadev(y)a, Vagiratna, Haryagvåyana, Udamaya, Gautama, Rinañgaya, Ritañgaya, Kritañgaya, Dhanañgaya, Babhru, Tryaruna, Trivarsha, Tridhâtu, Sibinta, Parâsara, Vishnu, Rudra, Skanda, Käsisvara, Gvara, Dharma, Artha, Kâma, Krodha, Vasishtha, Indra, Tvashtri, Kartri, Dhartri, Dhatri, Mrityu, Savitri, Savitri, and for each Veda, for the Rig-veda, the Yagur-veda, the Sama-veda, the Atharva-veda, the Itihasa and Purana.
7. Towards the south, with their sacrificial cords suspended over their right shoulders, in a place inclined towards the south, they arrange seats of southward-pointed Darbha grass, so that they end in the west
2. This is a frequently quoted versus memorialis.
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