Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1695
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1695
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5) Disciples. The chief disciple of Śaunaka was Āśvalāyana. Once Āśvalāyana wrote and dedicated to his Guru (master) two treatises entitled "Gṛhyasūtra" and "Śrautasūtra" to please him. After reading it, Śaunaka destroyed his own work on "Śrautasāstra". Āśvalāyana wrote his treatise after having studied the ten works of Śaunaka on Ṛgveda.