The sage Sankriti () is the founding
rishi of the Sankriti
Gotra, one of the 10 lineages in Vedic society.
The lineage of Sankriti's is given as Shaktya, Sankritya, and Gaurivita. i.e. lineage of Shakti, Sankriti, and Gauriviti.
Sankriti is the grandson of Sage
Vashishta
Vasishtha ( sa, वसिष्ठ, IAST: ') is one of the oldest and most revered Vedic rishis or sages, and one of the Saptarishis (seven great Rishis). Vashistha is credited as the chief author of Mandala 7 of the ''Rigveda''. Vashishtha an ...
, and the son of
Śakti Maharṣi
Shakti Maharishi was son of Vaśiṣṭha and Arundhati. He was the father of Parāśara, mentioned in the ''Mahabharata''.
There is a legend found in ''Mahabharata'' about Shakti Muni. Once King Kalmashapada, going hunting, killed many anima ...
. Incidentally, Śakti Maharṣi is the father of Sage
Parashara (the father of Sage
Vyasa
Krishna Dvaipayana ( sa, कृष्णद्वैपायन, Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana), better known as Vyasa (; sa, व्यासः, Vyāsaḥ, compiler) or Vedavyasa (वेदव्यासः, ''Veda-vyāsaḥ'', "the one who cl ...
).
Not much is known about Sage Sankriti except that his name is recorded in the
Avadhuta
''Avadhūta'' (IAST ', written as अवधूत) is a Sanskrit term from the root 'to shake' (see V. S. Apte and Monier-Williams) that, among its many uses, in some Indian religions indicates a type of mystic or saint who is beyond egoic-conscio ...
Upanishad
The Upanishads (; sa, उपनिषद् ) are late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy.Wendy Doniger (1990), ''Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism'', 1st Edition, University of Chicago Press, , ...
, where Lord
Dattatreya explains the nature of an avadhuta to Sage Sankriti.
Gotra, Sankritya or Sankrita may be from Sankriti.
References
Rishis
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