This inclusion of Sakya Munyi within the Puranic Pantheon was a masterly feat of strategy accomplished by reviving Brahminism, the heresy of the Jains supplying the link between the rival creeds.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
Such are the legends, popular and Puranic, of the coming of the Chitpavans to Western India.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
Their religious views and practices have changed, there has been an evolving process; the connection may be traced, and we see the result in the Puranic system of our day.
"Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877"
James Kennedy