[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s8.366 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.366 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.366 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.365) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.367) - [Up: v2.c4.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.366) · Pramāṇa