[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.157 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.157 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.157 - **Language:** English ### [c7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.157) 4) Gārgya's place in the line of preceptors. Vyāsa expounded the Vedas to Vedamitra, Saubhari and Śākalya. Śākalya taught what he learnt to Vātsyāyana, Maudgalya, Śāli, Ādiśiśira, Gokhali and Yātukarṇa. Yātukarṇa taught Nirukta to Bāṣkala, Krauñca, Vaitāla, and Viraia. Bāṣkala combined all the other branches together and made ‘Bālakhilyaśākhā’ and taught it to Bālāyini, Gārgya and Saṃsāra. The Ṛgvedācāryas are those from Vyāsa to Saṃsāra. (Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha). - [Previous: c7.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.156) - [Next: c7.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.158) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.157) · Pramāṇa