Shaunaka

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Shaunaka
Shaunaka recites the Mahabharata, a Mughal painting
AffiliationRishi
TextsRigveda, Mahabharata

Shaunaka (

Ashvalayana, and is said to have united the Bashkala and Shakala Shakhas of the Rigveda. In legend, he is sometimes identified with Gritsamada, a Vedic rishi
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Literature

According to the Vishnu Purana, Shaunaka was the son of Gritsamada and invented the system of the four levels of human life. Sūta mahamuni narrated mythological stories to a group of sages headed by Shaunaka maha muni.

Naimisha according to Vishnumitra of Champa town, the commentator of Uvaṭa's commentary of Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya[1][2] The Ṛgvidhāna, a Vidhāna text on the use of Rigvedic mantras, is also attributed to Shaunaka.[3]

Shaunaka had a prominent role in the epic

Ugrasrava Sauti during a conclave of sages headed by Shaunaka in a forest named Naimisha. Shaunaka also consoled Yudhishthira on the nature of suffering after the latter was exiled.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ (English)Mangaldeva Śāstri, The Rgveda-prātiśākhya with the commentary of Uvaṭa by Śaunaka.; Vaidika Svādhyāya Mandira, Varanasi Cantt.,1959, OCLC: 28723321
  2. ^ (Hindi)Virendrakumar Verma, Rgveda-prātiśākhya of Śaunaka Along with Uvaṭabhāshya; Chaukhambha Sanskrit Pratishthan,38 U.A., Jawaharnagar, Bungalow Road, Delhi-110007, Reprint-1999; (also published by Saujanya Books, Delhi, and by Benaras Hindu University)
  3. JSTOR 23020388
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  4. ^ "Mahabharata Vana Parva - Translation By KM Ganguly | Mahabharata Stories, Summary and Characters from Mahabharata". www.mahabharataonline.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.

External links

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