Śaunaka
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Śaunaka is an ancient Vedic sage traditionally regarded as an authority on ritual, lineage, and early Hindu sacred lore.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu religious scholar
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Vedic sage ⓘ rishi ⓘ |
| areaOfAuthority |
sacred lore (śruti and early smṛti)
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sacrifice (yajña) ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Atharvaveda
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Bṛhaddevatā NERFINISHED ⓘ Caranavyuha (Charanavyuha) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigveda Prātiśākhya NERFINISHED ⓘ Śaunaka recension of the Atharvaveda ⓘ Ṛgvidhāna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorityOn |
Vedic lineages and gotras
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gṛhya (domestic) rituals ⓘ interpretation of Rigvedic deities ⓘ śrauta rituals ⓘ |
| cosmicRoleInTradition | counted among prominent sages in some Purāṇic lists ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Brahmanical Vedic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Brahmanical scholasticism
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Vedic exegesis ⓘ Vedic ritual theory ⓘ genealogical tradition ⓘ |
| genreAssociated |
Vedāṅga-style technical treatises
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ritual manuals and ancillary texts ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
mahāṛṣi
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ṛṣi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influence |
Hindu narrative framing conventions
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Purāṇic genealogical traditions ⓘ later Vedic ritual literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expertise in Vedic ritual
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knowledge of early Hindu sacred lore ⓘ knowledge of lineages (gotra and pravara) ⓘ role in the Atharvaveda tradition ⓘ |
| language | Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationAssociated | Naimiṣa forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Mahābhārata
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Purāṇas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTexts |
leader of sages in Naimiṣa forest sacrificial session
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questioner of Sūta in narrative frame of Mahābhārata recensions ⓘ |
| schoolOrRecension | Śaunaka-śākhā of the Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | revered authority in Atharvavedic school ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Ugraśravas Sauti (as host and questioner in Naimiṣa forest) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient Vedic period (traditional, not precisely datable) ⓘ |
| tradition | Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| transmissionMode | oral tradition ⓘ |
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