[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1353 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1353 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1353 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1353) PINGALA. 1. The great authority on the Chhandas or Prosody of the Vedas. He is supposed to have written about two centuries B.C. 2. Name of one of the serpent kings sometimes identified with the foregoing. - [Previous: c5.1352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1352) - [Next: c5.1354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1354) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1353) · Pramāṇa