[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) › c8.2256 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2256 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2256 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2256) PIPPALĀDA. An ancient sage belonging to the tradition of preceptors. (See under Guruparamparā). It is said that this sage got that name because he was in the habit of eating Pippalī in large quantities daily. Praśnopaniṣad tells a story of how the sages Sukeśa, Śaibya, Satyakāma (Kaśyapa), Kauśalya, Bhārgava and Kabandhī went to Pippalāda seeking Ātmajñāna (spiritual knowledge) and how he gave them instructions on the same. - [Previous: c8.2255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2255) - [Next: c8.2257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2257) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Praśnopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna) — Pippalāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2256) · Pramāṇa