A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c9.s2.87

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⁶ The Śaiśira-śâkhâ, however, may perhaps be considered as a subdivision of the Śâkala-śâkhâ. Śaiśira, or Śiśira, is mentioned in the Purâṇas as one of the five Śâkala pupils, who propagated different Śâkhâs of the Rig-veda, all of them derived from the original recension of Śâkalya Vedamitra. In the Viṣṇu-purâṇa these five pupils or descendants of Śâkalya Vedamitra are called Mudgala, Gosvalu, Vâtsya, Śâlîya, and Śiśira. (Viṣṇu-pur. 277.) In the Vâyu-purâṇa their names are Mudgala, Golaka, Khâlîya, Mâtsya, Śaiśireya. In the commentary on the Śâkala-prâtiśâkhya they are called Mudgala, Gokula, Vâtsya, Śaiśira, and Śiśira, according to the Paris MS.; or Mudgala, Gokhula, Vâtsya, Śârîra, and Śaiśira, according to the MS. at the E. I. H.