Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.78

udīcyāḥ sāma-gāḥ śiṣyā

āsan pañca-śatāni vai

pauṣyañjy-āvantyayoś cāpi

tāḿś ca prācyān pracakṣate

SYNONYMS

udīcyāḥ — belonging to the north; sāma-gāḥ — the singer of the Sāma Veda; śiṣyāḥ — the disciples; āsan — there were; pañca-śatāni — five hundred; vai — indeed; pauṣyañji-āvantyayoḥ — of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya; ca — and; api — indeed; tān — they; ca — also; prācyān — easterners; pracakṣate — are called.

TRANSLATION

The five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became known as the northern singers of the Sāma Veda, and in later times some of them also became known as eastern singers.

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