[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) › c5.369 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.369 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.369 - **Language:** English ### [c5.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.369) CHARANA. A Vedic school or society. It is explained by a commentator as “a number of men who are pledged to the reading of a certain Sākhā of the Veda, and who have in this manner become one body.” - [Previous: c5.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.368) - [Next: c5.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.370) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.369) · Pramāṇa