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Sankhyayana
Sankhyayana (Sanskrit: शाङ्खायन) was a Vedic sage mentioned in the text Rigaveda. He was the sage of Vashishtha lineage. He was the author of the text ''Kaushitaki Brahmana'' of Rigaveda which later called as Sankhyayana Brahmana. Description The Vedic sage Sankhyayana had been mentioned in several ancient texts of Hinduism. He was the ''Acharya'' of the notable sages Parashara and Brihspati, etc. In Srimad Bhagavatam Purana, he is mentioned as the listener of the text from the sage Sanatkumara. He was the chief sage among the transcendental sages Maitreya, Parashara and Brihspati, etc. when the sage Sanatkumara was describing the glories of Lord Vishnu Vishnu (; , , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism, and the god of preservation (sattva). Vish ... to them. He inquired about the knowledge of Srimad Bhag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankhyayana Brahmana
Sankhyayana Brahmana (Sanskrit: शाङ्खायनब्राह्मणम्) ( Romanised: Śāṅkhyāyana Brāhmaṇa) is an ancient ''Brahmana'' text of Rigveda. It is also called the ''Kaushitaki Brahmana''. The text is associated with ''Baskala Shakha'' of Rigaveda. The text is attributed to the Vedic sage ''Kaushitaki'' and his disciple ''Sankhyayana''. Description Sankhyayana Brahmana is the second available and preserved Brahmana text of the Rigaveda. The text is divided into 30 chapters and 226 ''Khandas''. It is said that Kaushitaki was the teacher of Sankhyayana. He imparted the knowledge of the text to his disciple Sankhyayana. Then Sankhyayana nominated the name of the text as Kaushitaki Brahmana after his teacher name. But later the text was called as Sankhyayana Brahmana. The text is also mentioned in the commentary of Brahman Sutra by Shankracharya. Similarly the Vedic sage and Sanskrit grammarian Panini in his text Astadhyayai mentioned about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rigveda
The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' (, , from wikt:ऋच्, ऋच्, "praise" and wikt:वेद, वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian Miscellany, collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (''śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Shakala Shakha, Śakalya Shakha. Much of the contents contained in the remaining Shakhas are now lost or are not available in the public forum. The ''Rigveda'' is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. Its early layers are among the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. Most scholars believe that the sounds and texts of the ''Rigveda'' have been orally transmitted with precision since the 2nd millennium BCE, through Indian mathematics#Styles of memorisation, methods of memorisation of exceptional complexity, rigour and fidelity, though the dates are not confirmed and remain contentious till concrete evidence surfaces. Philolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |