[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.s8.766 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.766 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s8.766 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s8.766](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.766) Śaunaka, ‘descendant of Śunaka,’ is a common patronymic. It is applied to Indrota¹ and Svaidāyana.² A Śaunaka appears as a teacher of Rauhiṇāyana in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.³ A Śaunaka-yajña, or Śaunaka sacrifice, occurs in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa.⁴ In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad⁵ Atidhanvan Śaunaka appears as a teacher. That Upaniṣad⁶ and the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa⁷ mention a Śaunaka Kāpeya who was a contemporary of Abhipratārin Kākṣaseni, whose Purohita Śaunaka was according to another passage⁸ of the latter Upaniṣad. In the Sūtras, the Bṛhaddevatā, etc., a Śaunaka appears as a great authority on grammatical, ritual, and other matters.⁹ - [Previous: v2.c4.s8.765](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.765) - [Next: v2.c4.s8.767](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.767) - [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.s8.766](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s8.766) · Pramāṇa