Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1267

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1267

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c4.1267

ĀḌIŚIŚIRA. One of the disciples of Śakalya. Vyāsa made the Vedas and taught his son Śakalya a portion of it. Śakalya divided his portion into five different and equal divisions and taught each of his five disciples, Vātsyāyana, Mauḍgalya, Śāli, Āḍiśiśira and Gokhali a division. (Skandha 12, Bhāgavata).

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit