Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.388
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.388
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v2.c4.s8.388
Śāṅkhāyana as the name of a teacher is not mentioned in the Kausītaki Brāhmaṇa, but it occurs in the Vamśa (list of teachers) at the end of the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka,¹ where Guṇākhya is given as the authority for that work. In the Śrauta Sūtras² the name of Śāṅkhāyana never occurs, but the Gṛhya Sūtras³ seem to recognize as a teacher Suyajña Śāṅkhāyana. In later times⁴ the school flourished in Northern Gujarat. Śāṅkhāyana appears in the Taittirīya Prātiśākhya⁵ along with Kāṇḍamāyana.