[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) › c5.584 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.584 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.584 - **Language:** English ### [c5.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.584) GĀRGYA, GĀRGYA BĀLĀKI. Son of Bālāki. He was a Brāhman, renowned as a teacher and as a grammarian, who dealt especially with etymology, and was well read in the Veda, but still submitted to receive instruction from the Kshatriya Ajāta-śatru. - [Previous: c5.583](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.583) - [Next: c5.585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.585) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.584) · Pramāṇa