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The Ikṣvāku dynasty (vaṃśa) - Verse 139

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 63 · Verse 139

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Sanskrit Original

पारदा मुक्तकेशाश्च पह्लवाः श्मश्रुधारिणः। निःस्वाध्यायवषट्काराः कृतास्तेन महात्मना।।

pāradā muktakeśāśca pahlavāḥ śmaśrudhāriṇaḥ| niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ kṛtāstena mahātmanā||

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Sūta explained:: He shaved half of the heads of Śakas and discharged them. He shaved off the heads of Yavanas and Kāmbojas completely. The Pāradas were compelled to keep their hairs dishevelled and the Pahlavas were made to grow their moustache and beard. All of them were deprived of the study of the Vedas and the utterance of the Vaṣaṭkāra Mantras, by that noble-souled king.