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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. 119 The following 13 names of Rsis called Samagacaryas, arc taken from the Vamsa Brahmana:- ranayanih satyamugrih durvasah These are the names of Pravacanakartas : satih bhachavih kalabavih tandih vrk bhagurih gaurundih gaulgulavih vrsanakah rurukah bhagavanau manyavah daralah agastyah batkasiroh gargyasavanih kuhuh varsaganyah kuthumih salihotrah jaiminih The following list of the successive teachers of the Sama Veda is taken from the Vamsa Brahmana, and each Rsi 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 Saman. Omitting the last six names of deities, the remaining names seem to be historical. The fifty-five successive teachers who were probably historical personages may have occupied about 1,000 years. Whatever date is assigned to the composition of the Vamsa Brahmana, the above teachers must be placed before. that date. The second list begins with Nayan and ends with Radhogautama. The genealogy branches into two lines from Radhogautama downwards, but is the same for both upwards up to Brahma,