[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) › c5.1596 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1596 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1596 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1596) SĀNKHĀYANA. 1. Name of a writer who was the author of the Sānkhāyana Brāhmana of the Rig-veda, and of certain Srauta-sūtras also called by his name. 2. He is the oldest known writer on the Ars Erotica, and is author of the work called Sānkhāyana Kāma-sūtra. - [Previous: c5.1595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1595) - [Next: c5.1597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1597) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1596) · Pramāṇa