[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) › c7.558 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.558 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.558 - **Language:** English ### [c7.558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.558) 2) The saints of Ṛgveda. Paila divided Ṛgveda into two saṃhitās and gave one each to Indrapramati and Bāṣkala. Sage Bāṣkala divided his saṃhitā again into four and taught it to four of his disciples, Bodhi, Ādimādhava, Yājñavalkya and Parāśara. Indrapramati without splitting his saṃhitā taught it to his renowned son, Māṇḍūkeya. The branch of Indrapramati thus went down into circulation through the disciples of Māṇḍūkeya and the disciples of the disciples and so on. Vedamitra of Śakalya gotra, one sage in the line of the disciples of Māṇḍūkeya, split the saṃhitā into five, and taught it to Mudgala, Gomukha, Vātsya, Śāliya and Śarīra. Śakapūrṇa a colleague of Vedamitra divided it into three and added a division to it by composing a Nirukta of his own. He taught them to Vaitālika, Balāka and Krauñca. This was how the Indrapramati Saṃhitā produced branches and sub-branches. Bāṣkala divided his saṃhitā into another set of three and taught it to Kālāyani, Gārgya, and Kathājava. The sages mentioned above are the ones who spread Ṛgveda in the world. - [Previous: c7.557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.557) - [Next: c7.559](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.559) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.558) · Pramāṇa