Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.366

v2.c4.s8.366

Śakalya, ‘descendant of Śakala,’ is the patronymic of Vidagdha in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹ and of Sthavira in the Aitareya² and Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyakas.³ An undefined Śakalya is mentioned in the same Āraṇyakas,⁴ in the Nirukta,⁵ and often later, as a teacher dealing with the text of the Rigveda. Weber⁶ is inclined to identify Vidagdha with the Śākalya who is known as the maker of the Pada Pāṭha of the Rigveda, but Oldenberg⁷ thinks that the latter was later than the Brāhmaṇa period. Geldner⁸ identifies the two; this view, however, is not very probable.⁹