Of the first kind, there is the direct statement that there were 1015 (or 1050) years between the birth of (Arjuna's grandson) and the accession of (400-329 BCE), which would yield an estimate of about 1400 BCE for the Bharata battle. The evidence of the Puranas is of two kinds. The (at 25.15.3) enumerates the officiant priests of a sarpasattra among whom the names Dhṛtarāṣtra and Janamejaya, two main characters of the Mahābhārata's sarpasattra, as well as Takṣaka, the name of a snake in the Mahābhārata, occur. This sarpasattra material was often considered an independent tale added to a version of the Mahābhārata by 'thematic attraction' (Minkowski 1991), and considered to have a particularly close connection to literature. The snake sacrifice of Janamejaya The Ādi-parva includes the snake sacrifice ( sarpasattra) of, explaining its motivation, detailing why all snakes in existence were intended to be destroyed, and why in spite of this, there are still snakes in existence. The story is then recited again by a professional storyteller named, many years later, to an assemblage of sages performing the 12-year sacrifice for the king Saunaka Kulapati in the. It is first recited at by the sage, a disciple of Vyāsa, to the King who is the great-grandson of the prince.
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