[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 3.6.11 # Vishnupurana 3.6.11 Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.6.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.11) pathyasyāpi trayaḥ śiṣyāḥ kṛtā yair dvija saṃhitāḥ jājaliḥ kumudādiś ca tṛtīyaḥ śaunako dvija // > I will now give you an account of the Sanhitás of the Atharva-veda. The illustrious Muni Sumantu taught this Veda to his pupil Kabandha, who made it twofold, and communicated the two portions to Devaderśa and to Pathya. The disciples of Devaderśa were Maudga, Brahmabali, Śaulkáyani, and Pippaláda. Pathya had three pupils, Jájali, Kumudádi, and Śaunaka; and by all these were separate branches instituted. Śaunaka having divided his Sanhitá into two, gave one to Babhru, and the other to Saindhaváyana; and from them sprang two schools, the Saindhavas and Munjakeśas. The principal subjects of difference in the Sanhitás of the Atharva-veda are the five Kalpas or ceremonials: the Nakshatra Kalpa, or rules for worshipping the planets; the Vaitána Kalpa, or rules for oblations, according to the Vedas generally; the Sanhitá Kalpa, or rules for sacrifices, according to different schools; the Ángirasa Kalpa, incantations and prayers for the destruction of foes and the like; and the Sánti Kalpa, or prayers for averting evil. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 3.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.10) - [Next: 3.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.12) - [Up: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.6.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.6.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.6.11) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.35.59) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.61.55) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.10.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.6.11) · Pramāṇa