[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) › c5.1660 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1660 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1660 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1660](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1660) SAUNAKA. A sage, the son of Sunaka and grandson of Gritsa-mada. He was the author of the Brihad-devatā, an Anukramani, and other works, and he was a teacher of the Atharvaveda. His pupil was Āswalāyana. There was a family of the name, and the works attributed to Saunaka are probably the productions of more than one person. - [Previous: c5.1659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1659) - [Next: c5.1661](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1661) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.saunaka.brhaddevata) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1660](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1660) · Pramāṇa