- A
shakha (Sanskrit śākhā, "branch" or "limb") is a
Hindu theological school that
specializes in
learning certain Vedic texts, or else the
traditional texts...
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Rukmini Bai at Paithan, present-day
Maharashtra and was a
follower of the
Ashvalayana Sutra. His
father probably held the
title of
Kulkarni and kept financial...
- Rigveda. He is
claimed as the
teacher of
Katyayana and
especially of
Ashvalayana, and is said to have
united the
Bashkala and
Shakala Shakhas of the Rigveda...
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presented as a
discourse between the
Vedic sage
Ashvalayana and the god Brahma,
wherein the
Ashvalayana asks
Brahma for Brahma-vidya, that is the knowledge...
- Bhārata proper, as
opposed to
additional secondary material,
while the
Ashvalayana Grihyasutra (3.4.4)
makes a
similar distinction. At
least three redactions...
- tree of
Yajurveda into
seven branches. — Agni Purana,
Chapter 150 The
Ashvalayana Grihya Sutra mentions him as Mahabharatacharya. He is also mentioned...
-
Kalpa (Sanskrit: कल्प)
means "proper, fit" and is one of the six
disciplines of the Vedānga, or
ancillary science connected with the
Vedas – the scriptures...
-
Gruhya sutra composed by
various rishis such as Apastamba,
Baudhayana and
Ashvalayana. The pre-wedding and post-wedding
rituals and
celebrations vary by region...
- and is, indeed,
ascribed by
Hindu authorities either to
Shaunaka or to
Ashvalayana. The
second and
third books, on the
other hand, are
purely speculative...
- to have been
recorded around 600-400 BCE. It is also
linked with the
Ashvalayana Shakha. The text
itself consists of
eight pañcikās (books), each containing...
